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

And extending her perfect run of six medals in six career slalom races at the world championships. Mikaela Shiffrin’s array of international fans who gathered in the Austrian Alps may have entertained the thought of witnessing those achievements when the American stood third after the opening run Saturday,

The highly-decorated skier spoke with CBC's Devin Heroux about her approach to returning to competition with the season winding down. This came moments after placing fifth in the women's slalom event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm,