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Downhill is the supreme discipline of skiing. And the team event is a Gugus race. Many people share this opinion, whether they are experts, athletes, journalists or amateurs. In Lenzerheide, people shake their heads more violently. Not because the departures on Wednesday are canceled, there is consensus, Petrus does not allow races. Rather, the FIS regulation, according to which it is not possible to postpone the World Cup finals, is causing red hairs.
Swiss Alpine Director Walter Reusser says: “In my opinion, the FIS should change the regulations so that it can cancel the team event in the World Cup final in order to catch up with an individual competition that day in an emergency. “.
And what does the FIS say? Women’s race director Peter Gerdol says something annoying: “There are a lot of rumors. But the rule is very clear. It is used to avoid speculation and discussion about which careers could and should be postponed. The rule has existed for years, there are no discussions. “
Departures on Friday? “It wouldn’t have been a problem.”
Particularly bitter: on Friday, after the team event, the weather should be much better than now. “It wouldn’t have been a problem for us to carry out the outings on Friday,” says OK boss Peter Engler. He and more than 120 helpers are in constant use.
Those directly affected by the FIS regulations are mainly Marco Odermatt and Lara Gut-Behrami, who cannot reduce their deficit in the World Cup in general. But Corinne Suter can no longer fight for the ball downhill, which goes to Sofia Goggia. His counterpart is Beat Feuz, who wins the discipline without further race.
Wednesday cancellations are correct
Sepp Brunner, the coach of his challenger Matthias Mayer, says: “It hurts me that the last chance to win the ball is gone. But the jury made the right decision. The track workers did a great job, the track was well prepared despite heavy snowfall. But there is simply too much snow on the side of the track; the risk of injury would have been enormous if a racing driver had strayed from the ideal line. “
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 10:40 am
Last Updated: March 17, 2021, 25 minutes ago
