Camille Rast's hip problems continue; now three weeks in Ushuaia: “I hoped I would no longer be in pain”

Camille Rast has many ambitions for the 2026/27 season, and it could hardly be otherwise for someone who, at the home World Championships (for her in every sense) in Crans-Montana, will defend the world title she won in Saalbach and who, above all, showed tremendous consistency in the two technical disciplines last winter.

Enough to finish third in the overall World Cup standings and, in the discipline standings, behind only Scheib and Shiffrin (including the Olympic race when it comes to slalom). And yet, ever since the end of the 2024/25 season of major triumphs, because of that fateful fall in Sestriere (just a few days after her masterful world title performance), on the day of Mikaela Shiffrin’s 100th slalom, which cost the Valais native her real chances of claiming the Crystal Globe in the rapid gates, Camille has had to live with hip problems.

An injury that has affected her training, meaning that her snow preparation so far this summer 2026 has consisted of Zermatt at the end of July followed by an indoor ski dome before flying to Argentina; for the first three weeks of September, Rast will make use of the slopes of Cerro Castor, where she will receive her main answers ahead of Sölden and then the first slaloms in November.

Speaking to the daily newspaper “Blick”, the slalom world champion discussed her physical condition: “After a year and a half, I hoped I would no longer be in pain, but that’s not the case,” explained the Swiss skier born in 1999. “At the end of last season, my body clearly signaled that it needed to rest.”

Because of her hip problems, the super-G project—which Rast had been considering—has for now effectively been put aside. She is working with her new coach, Claude-Alain Art, who replaced Denis Wicki after his retirement (the change had already been announced at the Hafjell finals, as was the case with Wendy Holdener and Christian Brill taking over as head coach after Joerg Roten). Art knows Camille very well, having already worked at Swiss-Ski and formerly served as head of piste management in Crans-Montana.