(Lake Louise) The first of two days of downhill competition at the Men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup in Lake Louise, Alta., Was canceled on Friday.
It was not a lack of snow, but rather its abundance that forced the organizers to cancel the descents.
The national ski team will therefore have to wait one more day before resuming competition on Canadian soil, which it has not done for over a year when all the events planned in the country have been deleted from the calendar. last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday’s descent was canceled after 25 centimeters of snow fell overnight from Thursday to Friday. Another ten-centimeter build-up was also expected during the day, making it nearly impossible to prepare the track adequately for the scheduled noon start.
Another downhill competition was on the schedule for Saturday and is staying there for the time being.
The Canadians in contention are Brodie Seger, Broderick Thompson, Jack Crawford, Jeffrey Read, Cameron Alexander and Ben Thomsen.
On Sunday, the super-G will close the first competition weekend of the season for speed skiers.