Rast charges through on second run to win Flachau slalom

The Swiss skier was eight fastest in the first run but far quicker than any of the other leading contenders in the second. She finished with a combined time of 1 minute 55.03 seconds to edge compatriot Wendy Holdener by 0.16sec and Swede Sara Hector by 0.38. Austrian Katharina Liensberger, who led after the first run, 1.50sec ahead of Rast, slid to fourth. At 25, Rast took her second career World Cup victory. The first came with another second-run surge in Killington, Vermont, in December....