Val d'Isere Race Series Cancelled, Shiffrin Maintains Overall Lead
Unfortunately, due to strong winds and heavy snowfall, the jury together with the organizing committee at Val d'Isere France decided to cancel the women's downhill.
On Saturday, due to weather, the women's downhill was cancelled then pushed to Sunday to replace the alpine combined. With a weather pattern coming in to Val d'Isere forecasted to bring over one meter of snow, the organizers were uncertain but hopeful about the rescheduled race on Sunday. In the end, it proved to be too unsafe to hold a fair race, and the entire series has been cancelled. It is unclear when and where the races will be scheduled, but stay tuned for more information.
Current FIS Ski World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin had opted out of the weekend's races to train and focus on tech events for the upcoming Lienz, Austria giant slalom and slalom races on Dec. 28-29, which—once again—proved to be the right decision for more reasons than one. Not only did she get some valuable training in, but Mikaela maintains her lead in the overall by 165 points over Italy's Federica Brignone. And, so it seems, Mikaela even wins when it comes to the weather.
Up next for the women will be the tech series in Lienz, while Alice McKennis and the speed women have a break over the holidays and will return to action in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on Jan. 11-12 with a downhill and an alpine combined.
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HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
Sunday, Dec. 22
3:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 1, Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 1, Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel, Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
Monday, Dec. 23
9:00 a.m. - Men’s parallel giant slalom qualifying, Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
12:00 p.m - Men’s parallel giant slalom, Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel, Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
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