Shiffrin still finished only five hundredths of a second off the podium — or from earning a medal. Paula Moltzan, her American teammate, came even closer, finishing fourth two hundredths off the podium in a race won by Swiss skier Camille Rast.

US women shut out of medals in final race at world championships, but still have best showing in four decades.

Shiffrin was third-fastest in the slalom in her second race since being sidelined two months following a Nov. 30 giant slalom crash.They prevailed by 39 hundredths of a second over Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami and Wendy Holdener.