Weather Cancels Alpine World Cup Events

WENGEN, Switzerland (Jan. 14, 2017) – Snow and wind wrecked havoc on Saturday’s scheduled Audi FIS Ski World Cup races, canceling both the men and women’s downhill races in Wengen, Switzerland and Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria.

The women were scheduled to have both a downhill training run and downhill race Saturday in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, but due to heavy snowfall both had to be canceled. Weather also canceled downhill training on Thursday and Friday. Downhill training has been scheduled for Sunday, followed by the downhill race at 12:15 CET (6:15 a.m. EST). The women's alpine combined originally schedued for Sunday has been cancelled.

For the men, heavy snowfall in Wengen forced the cancellation of the Lauberhorn downhill Saturday. More than a foot of new snow fell on the Swiss resort, and with more snow in the forecast throughout the day, there was no chance to clear the track. On Sunday, the men will stay with their original schedule with slalom – first run at 10:30 CET (4:30 a.m. EST) and second run at 13:30 CET (7:30 a.m. EST).

As of now, no announcement has been made on re-scheduling the men’s downhill.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STREAMING (times EST)
All events streaming at www.nbcsports.com/live

Sunday, Jan. 15
4:30 a.m. – Men’s slalom run 1, Wengen - nbcsports.com - LIVE STREAMING
6:15 a.m. – Women’s downhill, Altenmarkt - nbcsports.com - LIVE STREAMING
7:30 a.m. – Men’s slalom, run 2, Wengen - nbcsports.com - LIVE STREAMING
6:00 p.m. – Men's slalom and women's downhill, Wengen and Altenmarkt - Universal HD