Gold rush in the slalom: Camille Rast brings Swiss double victory home!

Gold rush in the slalom: Camille Rast brings Swiss double victory home!

At the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach, Austria, the Swiss Camille Rast experienced a glorious moment and secured the gold medal in the slalom. The 25-year-old rapid triumphed on Saturday with a total time of 1: 58.00 and left her teammate Wendy Holdener, who won silver, around 46 hundredths of a second. The bronze medal went to the Austrian Katharina Liensberger, who only finished two hundredths of a second ahead of the American Paula Moltzan, while the famous Mikaela Shiffrin came in fifth place. As krone.at reports, Rast is celebrating her amazing performance and is already planning a golden celebration in the swimming pool.

historical success for the Swiss team

This is not only Rast's first world championship title, but also the first gold medal win for Switzerland in slalom at this World Cup. After a strong start of the season, in which she had previously no place on the podium, she has now completed a brilliant ascent and leads the Slalom World Cup ranking with two victories. The joy of success is tangible, such as Sports.yahoo.com reports where rast proudly reflected on her sporting return: " Not, it is not bad either, because I have a good season. ”

While Rast is in the spotlight, Mikaela Shiffrin has to face her own challenges. After a long break, Shiffrin is in a phase of return and ranked in the front row after the first run, but could not bring the medal home. "It's strange to return in the middle of the season," said Shiffrin. Despite difficulties, she shows herself combative and looks optimistically into the future. The competition and the emotions in Saalbach illustrate how exciting and unpredictable sport can be and how quickly both successes and setbacks can come.