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01/03 07:47 CST Swiss skier Rast dedicates her 1st World Cup GS win to victims
of Crans-Montana bar fire
Swiss skier Rast dedicates her 1st World Cup GS win to victims of Crans-Montana
bar fire
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) --- Swiss skier Camille Rast earned her first
career win in a World Cup giant slalom Saturday and then dedicated her victory
to the victims of the fire at a Crans-Montana bar.
Rast tapped the black mourning band on her left upper arm twice after she
finished her final run to beat second-placed Julia Scheib of Austria by
two-tenths.
"This week, in my hometown, there was a tragical accident and I think about
those families. We race for them, this weekend," Rast said in a course-side
interview.
Rast was born in Vtroz, a village about 40 kilometers from Crans-Montana in
the Canton of Valais.
The fire in the crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort left 40 people dead and
more than 100 injured during a New Year's celebration.
Crans-Montana is set to host World Cup speed races for women on Jan. 30-31 and
for men on Feb. 1, the last events before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Paula Moltzan finished 0.47 behind in third for the American's second podium
result of the season. Teammate Mikaela Shiffrin was just over a second behind
in fifth.
Nina O'Brien in eighth and Elisabeth Bocock in 14th, matching her career best
result from a GS in Sweden in March 2023, rounded off a strong showing by the
U.S. ski team.
Scheib extended her lead in the GS standings as her closest challenger, New
Zealand's Alice Robinson, skied out in the first run for a second straight
race, this time on a course set by her coach Nils Coberger.
A slalom on the same hill is scheduled for Sunday. There are no men's World Cup
races this weekend.
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