Camille Rast Wins First Alpine Ski World Cup Race of 2026

Camille Rast achieved her first victory in the Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom at Kranjska Gora. It was Rast’s third podium in 58 Giant Slalom starts, the second one in the 2025-2026 winter season after finishing second in Semmering. Julia Scheib finished in second place, just 0.20 seconds behind Rast, marking her fifth podium finish in the Giant Slalom for the 2025-2026 winter season. Paula Moltzan secured third place, finishing 0.47 seconds behind the Swiss skier.

Camille Rast, who was born in Valais, dedicated her victory to the victims of the tragedy in Crans-Montana.

"Today I gave it my all. In the first run, I started with bib number one for the first time, that was special. In the second run, I tried to ski as fast as possible. It wasn’t easy. It was difficult to ski after the disaster in Crans-Montana. I hope I was able to bring a smile to a few faces with this victory," Rast said.

Sara Hector narrowly missed the podium, having set the best time in the second run, finishing fourth.

Mikaela Shiffrin is yet to find her best form in the Giant Slalom, settling for fifth place. Shiffrin has not made the podium in her last eleven World Cup Giant Slalom races, which is her longest streak without a Giant Slalom podium since her first 15 Giant Slalom races from 2010-2011 to 2013-2014.

In the Giant Slalom standings, the Austrian skier leads with 460 points, 119 points ahead of Camille Rast. Alice Robinson, who did not finish the first run, currently holds third place with 292 points.

"It was a good race for me, the second run was great, I left something on the table in the first. I think there's room for improvement there, but that's racing. The podium is very cool, and I'm proud of what a great day it was," Scheib said.

"I'm not thinking about the Crystal Globe, I have to take it race by race. It's cool that it looks this way right now, but there's still a lot to come," Scheib added.