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FIS Cancels Women’s Super-G at Zauchensee World Cup Due to Unsafe Weather

The stoppage follows a CAS ruling that enabled neutral entries for Russian athletes after FIS’s blanket ban was overturned.

Overview

  • FIS said heavy overnight snowfall and high winds at the summit led the jury and organizers to call off the January 11 race for safety reasons.
  • Russia’s Yulia Pleshkova was on the start list after receiving neutral status on December 17, following FIS approval of several Russian alpine skiers’ applications.
  • Pleshkova placed 51st in the January 10 downhill at Zauchensee, where Lindsey Vonn won ahead of Kaisa Vickhoff Lie and Jacqueline Wiles.
  • In luge at Winterberg on January 10, Russia’s Daria Olesik finished 10th, with Austria’s Hannah Prock winning in 1:51.885.
  • Russia’s Pavel Repilov took 17th in men’s singles at Winterberg as Jonas Müller won, and FIL previously revoked World Cup starts for three Russian lugers over eligibility concerns.