Swiss skier Rast wins giant slalom, pays tribute to Crans-Montana victims

Rast, the slalom world champion, led after the first run and, despite a mistake in the second, she won the first World Cup race of 2026 in a combined time of 2mins 0.09sec. Austria's Julia Scheib came in second, at 0.20s, to add to her three wins in the discipline already this season. American Paula Moltzan at 0.47s completed the podium with her superstar compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin in fifth. After crossing the line Rast pointed to the black armband she was wearing on her left arm as a mark of...