There is ultimately no new winner in the women’s slalom this season. In the absence of Mikaela Shiffrin and with the elimination of Zrinka Ljutic in the first round, it was the Swiss Camille Rast who went for victory in Flachau this Tuesday, even though she had only signed the eighth time during the first round, 1 second 50 behind the best time of the Austrian Katharina Liensberger.
On a particularly tricky second track which quickly deteriorated, the Swiss seemed to fly on the track, setting the second time of the round and seeing her rivals struggle in vain to beat her mark. Liensberger finally 4th, Rast is accompanied on the podium by her compatriot Wendy Holdener (+0″16) and the Swede Sara Hector (+0″38).
She thus signs her second career victory after her success at Killington this year. She grabs the red bib as leader of the specialty. On the French side, Clarisse Breche took an encouraging 14th place (1″95), Caitlin McFarlane is 22nd (+2″49).
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