Second Zauchensee training cancelled, downhill still on schedule for Saturday
Aug 31, 2018·Alpine Skiing
Too much snowfall on course forced the cancellation of Thursday's downhill training run for the ladies at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, and a similar fate struck the plan on Friday. Despite workers clearing the course in time for Friday's training run, heavy snowfall picked up just before racers' inspection and continued throughout the day.
The training run was delayed until 13:00 in the hopes that a window might open up. But when it became clear that there was no chance of the snow and fog letting up, the jury was forced to cancel the program for the day.
In cooperation with the organising committee, the jury decided to push ahead with the plan for a downhill race on Saturday. In order for this to occur, the athletes will have a training run prior to the 11:15 CET race time. Additional snowfall is in the forecast for Saturday.
Alternative options for Saturday's program were considered, but the jury and organising committee ultimately settled on the best possible option considering the many factors involved.
The ladies also have an alpine combined race scheduled for Sunday at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee.
