To be the woman, you’ve got to beat the woman. On Sunday, the Queen of Slalom, the Gate Whisperer, the woman, Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) appeared well on her way to a seventh-consecutive slalom race victory. Camille Rast (SUI) had other plans.

The burgeoning Swiss superstar threw down a second run for the ages, narrowly eclipsing Shiffrin's time to win in dramatic fashion (1:40.20) and sweep the weekend's races. 

Prior to Sunday, Shiffrin (+0.14) was unbeaten in slalom during the 2025-26 World Cup season. The runner-up finish was her "worst" in the discipline since March of last year. 

“I don’t believe it’s possible to win every race in the season with the competition level,” she said. “Actually, I hope it wouldn’t be possible. But still, I wanted to give it my best shot.

“How I saw Camille ski the first run, I had to go 120% in order to have a chance. I was pushing so hard, I felt like I was flying. I was really proud of my run. I was just in awe of Cami.”

The triumph for Rast marked her second in a career-defining — at least, to this point — 24 hours. On Saturday, the 26-year-old won an inspired giant slalom, dedicating the performance to those who lost loved ones in the devastating Crans Montana fire that killed 40 and injured 125 on New Year’s Eve. Rast grew up 35 minutes from the ski resort.

Amazingly, she didn’t display any kind of emotional exhaustion, coming back the next day to prove to the world’s best why she is the reigning world champion.

“I gave everything I had this weekend,” a spent Rast remarked post-race. “Double on the same weekend is quite amazing. I’m so happy.”

The achievement even is more spectacular when considering that Sunday’s script felt strikingly familiar: Shiffrin posts an elite Run 1 time and absolutely annihilates the competition in a nearly-flawless Run 2, in this case, going up by a whopping 1.69 seconds. In her first four slalom races of the season, her margin of victory was 1.50 seconds. An unphased, undeterred Rast ripped the pen out of her opponent’s hands and wrote her own conclusion to the story — one that saw her blaze down the piste and stand tall atop the podium.

It was Rast’s fifth podium finish in a row and sixth in 11 starts this Cup campaign. With Lara Colturi (ALB) DNF’ing, Rast climbed into second place in the slalom points standings and remained second overall (behind Shiffrin). The last time she placed outside the top five in a race, people had yet to carve their Thanksgiving turkeys.

Wendy Holdener (SUI) rounded out the podium, placing 3rd (+1.83) and proudly representing Switzerland in her own right.

Paula Moltzan (USA) turned in another stellar performance, barely missing the podium and claiming the wooden spoon (+1.97). It was an impressive bounce-back weekend for Moltzan, who tallied second and fourth in Kranjska Gora after posting two DNFs in Semmering that included a crash. Even with a sore back, Moltzan continued to show her toughness, putting together a mostly error-free pair of runs. 

Given her proficiency in both giant slalom (two podium finishes) and slalom (two wooden spoons) this season, one has to think the 31-year-old is on the verge of qualifying for her second Winter Olympic Games.

For the second-straight day, the Americans had two racers finish in the top five and four in the top 20. AJ Hurt came in 13th, Nina O’Brien 19th and Elisabeth Bocock 30th. For Bocock, it was the first slalom points of her career.

Women’s World Cup action returns next weekend on Peacock with a downhill Saturday (5:15 a.m. ET) and super-G Sunday (5:45 a.m. ET). A red-hot Lindsey Vonn (USA), Breezy Johnson (USA) and more are expected to start.