Swiss skier Camille Rast has built a big lead and Mikaela Shiffrin was looming in third in the opening run of the women’s slalom at the Alpine world championships.

Camille Rast won slalom gold in a Swiss one-two with Wendy Holdener on Saturday as American Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on a record 16th career medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships. Austria's Katharina Liensberger took the bronze on home snow in the last women's race of the 13-day championships in Saalbach.

Camille Rast earned her first world title while Americans Paula Moltzan and Mikaela Shiffrin were fourth and fifth.