Dense Fog Cancels Adelboden GS

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (January 9, 2016) – Dense fog and light rain led to the cancelation of today’s Audi FIS World Cup men’s giant slalom.

A steady drizzle arrived on Friday afternoon and continued through the night, which alone still wasn’t enough to dampen the chances of the giant slalom as the course was holding up well. But the racers woke up to a heavy fog and after today’s jury inspection concluded at 9:30, it was clear that there would be no chance to stage the giant slalom race.

"The (Adelboden Organizing Committee) did everything they could to make sure everything was prepared. Yesterday everything was ready and looked good," said FIS Race Director Markus Waldner. "Even early this morning it looked like we could race. But the fog put too much moisture in the air and created some problem points on the course, not to mention the poor visibility. With the combination, we could not guarantee good enough racing conditions for our athletes and we had to make the very difficult decision to cancel the race."

Tomorrow the program will proceed as planned with a slalom race at 10:30 and 13:30 CET.

"We will go for it tomorrow," said Waldner. "For sure, it will not be easy as the forecast is much the same, but we will give it a try and hope for the best."

Stream tomorrow's second run on NBC Live Extra or watch it live on NBCSN at 7 a.m. ET.

BROADCAST (times EST)

Sunday, January 10
7:30 a.m. – Men’s slalom, Adelboden, Switzerland, NBCSN