The men’s alpine skiing World Cup slalom in Val d’Isère was canceled on Sunday due to poor weather conditions. This is the seventh race canceled out of nine initially scheduled for men since the start of the season.
A white Sunday for the Alpine Ski World Cup. The Val d’Isère slalom scheduled for this Sunday, December 10 was canceled due to rain and snow that fell overnight, as was the women’s super-G in St-Moritz in Switzerland.
“Due to the current conditions of the track after the rains and snowfall overnight and to ensure the safety and fairness of the runners, the jury has decided to cancel the slalom scheduled for today” in Val d’Isère, said a spokesperson for the International Ski Federation (FIS) on the Telegram network.
A few minutes later, the FIS also announced the cancellation of the women’s super-G in St. Moritz. “due to a drastic change in track conditions” And “to guarantee the safety of athletes”.
“Really disappointed, we’re a little confused”reacted the French Olympic champion Clément Noël, at his home in Val d’Isère. “It’s a shame, I felt good and I especially wanted to race in front of the French public”.
The men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup continues its disastrous start to the season, with a seventh race canceled out of nine initially scheduled. The women have so far been a little luckier in terms of the weather with only three races canceled for nine contested.
At the end of October, the giant opening of Sölden in Austria had to be canceled due to the wind. Then the descents of Zermatt in Switzerland and the Beaver Creek races in the United States had to be canceled due to bad weather conditions.
In fact, only a slalom in Gurgl in Austria in mid-November and a giant in Val d’Isère on Saturday could take place. These multiple cancellations at the start of the season are a headache for the FIS, which is struggling to reschedule races in an already very busy calendar.
If a giant and a descent could be rescheduled, the five other canceled races (three descents, a super-G and Sunday’s slalom) are not yet sure of being rescheduled. The men’s World Cup continues on Thursday in Val Gardena in Italy while the women meet in Val d’Isère on Saturday.