And the wind was fatal. And so, no second heat in Semmering, for the fourth female giant of the World Cup season which is definitively canceled, after trying to save what can be saved with postponements for half an hour until, shortly before 13.30, Peter Gerdol has acknowledging that there would be nothing to do, given that even the lowered start would be of little use, with very violent gusts even in the final stretch of the “Panorama”.
So, is the race totally to be redone, as per regulation? Yes, after a first hypothesis of playing the second heat tomorrow morning, before the slalom scheduled for the afternoon. The giant will not be recovered in the Austrian location and will have to be rescheduled on the calendar, after the first heat had seen Petra Vlhova leading with a margin of 22 cents over Marta Bassino, 35 over Michelle Gisin and 59 over Mikaela Shiffrin (with Brignone only eighth, at 1 “71, and Sofia Goggia out as Alice Robinson). for the Slovakian and Cuneo herself, a good fortune for others.
Slalom confirmed for Tuesday, when the weather forecast is better, with heats at 3.15pm and 6.30pm. A Bormio-style plan B (playing on Wednesday 30th) was not foreseen, with the slalom of Zagreb imminent (January 3) and the one already scheduled for tomorrow to be safeguarded.
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