Fog cancels St. Moritz alpine combined

A thick fog layer enveloped the race slope in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Friday for the women’s alpine combined. Initially slated to start with the super-G leg in the morning, organizers made the decision to reverse the schedule and begin racing with the slalom run. After completing the morning’s slalom run, the weather had not cleared in time for a safe run of super-G.

“Due to fog in the lower section of the course, the jury together with the organizer decided to cancel today’s super-G,” said an official communication from the FIS.

The standings after the slalom portion saw American Mikaela Shiffrin setting the pace by 0.39 seconds over slalom rival and reigning alpine combined World Champion Wendy Holdener of Switzerland. The rest of the field found themselves over a second adrift after a high-speed slalom run with plenty of tricky terrain to catch racers off guard.

According to the FIS, the results of Saturday’s regular super-G race were to be used to calculate the final combined results. However, it was determined on Friday night that completing a double race on Saturday would not be possible due to financial and logistical reasons and decided to cancel the alpine combined. Results from Friday’s slalom can be found here.

Racing action continues in St. Moritz on Saturday and Sunday with a pair of women’s super-G races scheduled to take place.

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