Winter chaos: Beaver Creek race again canceled due to storm!
Winter chaos: Beaver Creek race again canceled due to storm!
Beaver Creek, USA - in Beaver Creek, Colorado, the rumor mill is bubbling around the Austrian ski tavern Marcel Hirscher. After disappointing performances in the slalom races in Levi (45th place) and a failure in Gurgl, the 35-year-old decided to let the giant slalom whiz on Sunday in order to prepare intensively for the next competitions in Salzburg instead. The reason for his cancellation are alleged problems with the knee, as the Swiss look reports. During a meeting of the team captains, Hirscher is said to have broken down the training suddenly due to a possibly serious injury. However, official confirmation is still pending, and the situation could possibly mean the end of his farewell season if the injury is confirmed.
Beaver Creek in the focus of the weather caps
The gentlemen of the World Ski World Cup were on the program for several races in Beaver Creek, but winter shows its uncomfortable side. The first departure had to be canceled on Friday due to violent snowfall, and the following two racing days were not spared the imponderables of the weather. The reasons for the renewed cancellation on Saturday and Sunday, which made it impossible to carry out the competitions, were impossible. Thus, the speed drivers cannot continue to start the new season because everything is waiting, and the two departures and the Super-G were canceled on Sunday-a real drama for the athletes who burn the first points this season.
The weather left so inconsistently that even a possible laying of the races could no longer be considered, since the teams were already planning their return trip. So far, only the slalom activities in Gurgl have been able to take place, while all other races in Sölden, Zermatt and Beaver Creek were canceled due to the weather. In the next few weeks, the eyes are now on Val d’Isère, where the next slalom and giant slalom races will be on the program on December 14th and 15th. So the fans can only be hoped that the weather god has a look with the athletes and that the ski season will finally get on the way, as was previously intended for the speed races, which should then be in Val Gardena in two weeks.
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