With the winter still taking
its time to settle in, changes continued to be necessary
in some FIS World Cup calendars while others are
progressing right on schedule. There is good snow
in La Clusaz (FRA) for the first period’s last Viessmann
FIS World Cup Cross-Country events scheduled for
this weekend. There is also plenty of snow in Engelberg
where the e.on ruhrgas FIS World Cup Ski Jumping
is continuing according to the calendar. The Warsteiner
FIS World Cup Nordic Combined races in Ramsau (AUT)
– a mass start and a hurricane sprint – will also
go ahead as planned.
In the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup, Val Gardena and
Alta Badia (ITA) are both on for the men, with a
downhill and super-G at Gardena and a giant slalom
and slalom at Alta Badia. The ladies will move into
Reiteralm near Schladming (AUT), where the men just
left, for a super combined replacing St. Moritz
and a super-G replacing Val d’Isere. While the ladies'
slalom scheduled in Megeve (FRA) for 20th December
had to be cancelled due to unsufficient snow coverage,
the men's super-G and giant slalom planned in Hinterstoder
(AUT) on 20th-21st December are confirmed.
The moguls and ski cross season openers in the Freestyle
FIS World Cup scheduled for Tignes (FRA) on 14th,
Kreischberg (AUT) on 17th and in La Plagne (AUT)
on 20th December had to be cancelled due to the
mild weather. Considerations are being taken to
reschedule the events later on in the season. In
the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup, the parallel
slalom events in Bad Gastein (AUT) and Kranjska
Gora (SLO) that were scheduled for 16th and 21st
December, respectively, were also cancelled due
to the mild temperatures and insufficient snow.
