21 October 2022 at 09:25 The alpine slope in Sölden closed due to the weather The International Ski Federation (FIS) closes the race course in Sölden one day before the opening of the Alpine World Cup. Vertilhøva threatens to slide this weekend. – The Norwegian women’s team had climbed the Rettenbach glacier on Friday, and a training track was ready, but then the message came about the route being closed, says sports manager Claus Ryste to NTB. The speed team with Ragnhild Mowinckel in the lead got some speed training done before it was closed. The men’s team has had bare ground training on the schedule on Friday morning. The weather forecast for Sölden on Saturday, when the women will be in action, is not particularly good. There is a great risk of precipitation, and later in the day the wind will also pick up. The Alpine World Cup starts with the women’s giant slalom race at 10 a.m. with the second round three hours later. In a press release on Friday morning, FIS wrote that they are closing the race track to preserve conditions as well as possible. As a result, no one will be able to train or ski in the route before the women’s giant slalom. The opening for the alpine huts was canceled in both 2017 and 2018. – It will be difficult not to get started. But we run an outdoor sport and have to make sure that it is the way it is. It must be safe for the athletes, and we hope it will be good enough for that, he says. The men get underway on Sunday with the 1st round at 10 a.m. The weather is forecast to be fair, but the wind is forecast to be strong.
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