Women’s World Cup downhill cancelled again by heavy snow

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:22 AM CST Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 Last Modified: 3:23 AM CST Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019

VAL D'ISERE, France - A women's World Cup downhill race was cancelled Sunday for the second straight day because of heavy snowfalls in the French Alps.

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VAL D'ISERE, France - A women's World Cup downhill race was cancelled Sunday for the second straight day because of heavy snowfalls in the French Alps.

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VAL D’ISERE, France – A women’s World Cup downhill race was cancelled Sunday for the second straight day because of heavy snowfalls in the French Alps.

The International Ski Federation wrote on Twitter there was “nothing we could do against the weather.”

The race was first scheduled Saturday and postponed. Organizers then switched the program for Sunday to focus on the downhill instead of a scheduled Alpine combined event.

A view of an empty course after an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill was canceled, in Val D'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

The blank weekend at Val d’Isere means World Cup standings leader Mikaela Shiffrin kept her points lead after skipping the French venue. She chose to train for races next weekend in Lienz, Austria in her preferred disciplines of slalom and giant slalom.

The next women’s downhill is Jan. 11 in Altenmarkt, Austria.