After the turbulent Friday race, the second Streif descent was supposed to climb on Saturday.
The people in charge at Kitzbühel have now canceled the classic.
Kitzbühel - Everything is different this year!
Friday departure, Saturday departure, Sunday Super-G was the Streif plan 2021 - and that without spectators.
But now it is clear: The Saturday downhill, the actual Hahnenkamm race, is canceled!
The classic has been canceled.
"Due to the current weather situation and the condition of the slope", the jury made this decision together with the organizing committee, announced the International Ski Federation FIS.
Not a big surprise for Andreas Sander.
The German ski ace “almost expected the cancellation when I got up this morning.
I took a quick look and it didn't look good ”.
Sander finished fifth on Friday, the race was overshadowed by two serious falls and was finally canceled due to wind.
On Saturday it snowed lightly in Kitzbühel and there was fog.
The next program in Kitzbühel, where a Super-G is planned for Sunday (10.30 a.m.), will be decided in the course of the morning.
(akl / sid)