Camille Rast leads Swiss 1-2 finish in Austria for 2nd World Cup slalom victory

Swiss skier Camille Rast earned the second World Cup victory of her breakthrough season Tuesday, leading teammate Wendy Holdener for a Swiss 1-2 finish at a night slalom in Flachau, Austria.

The result pushed Rast back to the top of both the slalom and overall season standings.

With injured slalom stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova missing, Rast had a frenetic final run to improve from eighth position, posting a two-run time of one minute 55.03 seconds, 16-100ths of a second in front of Holdener.

Rast became the first skier other than Shiffrin or Vlhova to win the annual floodlit race since Frida Hansdotter triumphed in 2017, a year before the Swede won Olympic slalom gold.

"I saw yesterday on Instagram that Mikaela and Petra won the last six races here. Then I'm really happy today to make a new name on the list," Rast said.

Olympic giant slalom champion Sara Hector of Sweden trailed by 38-100ths in third.

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Home crowd favourite Katharina Liensberger, who held a big lead after the opening leg, struggled in her second run down the Griessenkar course and the 2021 slalom world champion dropped to fourth.

Laurence St-Germain of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., was top Canadian in 11th (1:56.36) to match her performance last November in Gurgl, Austria. Teammate Amelia Smart, who hails from Invermere, B.C., was 17th (1:57.15) on Tuesday.

Kiki Alexander of Cochrane, Alta., was among 17 athletes who didn't finish the first run.

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