Women’s Alpine Skiing Downhill Training Canceled Due To Weather
Feb 12, 2022, 10:09 PM
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SALT LAKE CITY – The Women’s Alpine Skiing Downhill Training session at the Winter Olympics was canceled because of snowfall, according to the International Ski Federation.
The training session was rescheduled for Monday, February 14.
The University of Utah’s Mo Lebel was slated to compete in the downhill training.
“Due to the snowfall the jury together with the organizers have decided to cancel today’s downhill training,” FIS said in a statement on Telegram.
The second session of women's downhill training has been cancelled because of the weather — this is as wintry as these Winter Olympics have been — but the men's giant slalom is still on.
— Nathan Fenno (@nathanfenno) February 13, 2022
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