Swiss skier Camille Rast gets first World Cup win in slalom as Mikaela Shiffrin sits out after crash

KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Swiss skier Camille Rast earned her first career World Cup victory on Sunday in a slalom race that was wide open with Mikaela Shiffrin sitting out after a hard crash the day before in the giant slalom.

In third place after the first run, Rast powered down the tricky course to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 46.87 seconds. Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden and Wendy Holdener of Switzerland tied for second, each 0.57 seconds back. It was the first time in 28 years that two Swiss women finished on a World Cup podium together.

First-run leader Lena Duerr of Germany fell to fourth.

It was Rast’s second World Cup slalom podium in a week. The 25-year-old finished third in a slalom in Gurgl, Austria, last weekend. On Saturday, she earned her first World Cup giant slalom podium with a third-place finish in Killington.

“It’s really crazy,” Rast said. “I am so happy all the work that I did this summer is now working really, really good."

This was the second time that Swenn Larsson, 33, and Holdener, 31, have tied in a slalom race at Killington, sharing the win in 2022. Holdener — or “Sendy Wendy” as she’s called here — was ninth after the first run and threw down the fastest second run to reach the podium. She described her mentality as “I grab my heart and ski.”

“I’m really happy that I could do it and send it down how they say it here, Sendy Wendy,” she added with a laugh.

It was the fifth time Holdener has finished on the podium in the Killington slalom and third time for Swenn Larsson.

“Now I have been first, second and third here, so I guess Killington is a favorite place for me," Swenn Larsson.

The Killington race was missing two of slalom’s biggest stars in Petra Vlhova of Slovakia and Shiffrin. Vlhova is still recovering from a crash and knee surgery last winter, while Shiffrin remains sidelined with a puncture wound to her abdomen and severe muscle trauma from Saturday’s crash.

There is no timetable for Shiffrin’s return to racing, the U.S. Ski Team said in a statement released before the slalom.

“It’s sad because she’s a frigging fast slalom skier,” Larsson said. “She should be here, but she’s not, and we took the opportunity.”

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, left, is hugged by teammate Melanie Meillard after winning a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, looks on the scoreboard after her second run in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, top right, celebrates her victory in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, with second place finisher Wendy Holdener, top left, along with teammates and coaches, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, right, celebrates her victory in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, with second place finishers Wendy Holdener, of Switzerland, left, and Anna Swenn Larsson, of Sweden, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, celebrates after her victory in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Anna Swenn Larsson, of Sweden, competes during a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Anna Swenn Larsson, of Sweden, competes during a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Wendy Holdener, of Switzerland, competes during a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Sara Hector, of Sweden, center, celebrates her victory in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race with second place finisher Zrinka Ljutic, of Croatia, left, and third place Camille Rast, of Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, celebrates her third place finish in a women's World Cup giant slalom skiing race, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, competes during a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, center, celebrates her victory in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, with second place finishers Wendy Holdener, of Switzerland, left, and Anna Swenn Larsson, of Sweden, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, left, is hugged by teammate Melanie Meillard after winning a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Camille Rast, of Switzerland, competes during a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement.

This was supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024.

Here’s what to know about the talks:

After a week of talks and with time running out early Monday, negotiators agreed to meet again next year. They don’t yet have firm plans.

This has been the largest session with more than 3,300 participants at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, including delegates from over 170 countries and representatives of nearly 450 organizations.

“We have tested the resilience of our planet to its limit,” INC Executive Secretary Jyoti Mathur-Filipp said as the meeting closed. “Now is the time for us to push our own limits and honor the trust placed in us.”

The most contentious issue of the talks has been whether there will be a limit on the amount of plastic that companies are allowed to produce. Panama proposed text for the treaty to address plastic production and support for it quickly grew to over 100 countries.

It was a compromise to build consensus because it did not include a numerical target or production cap. Instead, it proposed that countries would adopt a global target at a later conference of the parties meeting.

Juan Carlos Monterrey, the head of Panama’s delegation, said Monday that the nations standing up for a strong treaty may have been delayed, but they will not be stopped.

Their ambition prevailed at these negotiations because they banded together, said Ana Rocha, who leads international plastic policy work at the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.

“This one was a moment that these countries were able to stand and say, ‘No, we are not going to take it this way. We are going to fight,’” she said after the meeting adjourned.

Most of the negotiations in Busan took place behind closed doors, leaving few opportunities for any observers to help shape the treaty.

The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Plastics said as the session closed that they were profoundly disappointed with how the process unfolded, and condemned the draft of the global treaty for excluding Indigenous voices and failing to uphold their rights.

U.N. Environment Program Executive Director Inger Andersen said she has not heard a single delegate say they would not want this treaty.

“We may close this session today but the world will still be watching tomorrow,” she said in her closing remarks. “And the plastic pollution will still be arriving on our shores, and so our work will continue.”

Sivendra Michael, Fiji’s secretary for the environment and climate change, said they must not hesitate — they can develop a treaty that becomes a lasting legacy, demonstrating their resilience and commitment to the planet and future generations.

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Juan Carlos Monterrey, head of Panama's delegation, speaks during a press conference at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul speaks during a plenary of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Juan Benito Marcias, a member of The International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Plastic, speaks during a press conference at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 30 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, gestures before the start of a plenary of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean environment activists protest calling for a strong global plastics treaty outside of the venue for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)