Alpine skiing: Gusts of wind: Women’s second Matterhorn downhill run also canceled

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Gusts of wind: women’s second Matterhorn descent also canceled

The women’s second Matterhorn descent also had to be canceled. photo

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After the men, the women cannot ski on the Matterhorn either. The second race on Sunday, like the one the day before, was canceled due to gusts of wind.

Because of strong Due to gusts of wind, the second women’s World Cup downhill run on the Matterhorn was also canceled. After several delays, the organizers and the World Ski Federation FIS had to cancel the Zermatt-Cervinia race.

The same weather fate had befallen the female racing drivers on Saturday and their male colleagues a week earlier. The spectacularly planned glacier event with start in Switzerland and finish in Italy was completely canceled for the second year and caused a PR embarrassment to Fis – which absolutely wanted to hold the races on the world-famous Matterhorn in the rather changeable autumn.

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