‘It’s really crazy’: Camille Rast wins Killington slalom for her first World Cup victory

But Holdener’s role in that statistic seemed unlikely earlier in the day after she found herself over a second behind Duerr’s leading pace after the first run.

“The first run was more difficult for me because with (bib) No. 2, you had no slices (ruts),” Holdener said. “And I like that I had some slices in the second run because I felt I had more grip and I had to push like crazy.”

An inspired second run gave the 31-year-old a big lead, but when Rast overtook her, the veteran thought her chances were dashed for a first podium since her return from an ankle injury that cost her most of last season.

“I thought the other two (Swenn Larsson and Duerr) will ski in front as well, so when the other two had some mistakes and I got in second, it was a big relief,” Holdener said.

It was Holdener’s first podium since last year’s Killington slalom, and the fact that she tied again with Swenn Larsson was not lost on the veteran Swede, who also reached her first podium of the season.

“It’s something magical with this place,” Swenn Larsson said about another tie with Holdener in Killington. “Now I was first (2022), second (2024) and third (2019) here, so I guess it’s a favourite place for me.”