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.