Women's downhill World Cup event cancelled at Crans Montana after fog descends on course in Switzerland

The women’s downhill at Crans Montana has been cancelled due to fog. On Saturday morning in Switzerland fog descended suddenly in the morning and the race was unable to get started due to safety concerns for the athletes.

Ad With the winter sports season coming to an end, the event represented one of the last downhill World Cups of 2023 until the next season begins. World Championships'Through all this s***' – Tearful history-maker Ginnis thanks loved ones after silver19/02/2023 AT 22:37 After several postponements and judgements, the race was ultimately called off at 12pm British time.

The cancellation will frustrate many of the competitors in attendance and is a blow for Sofia Goggia, who is on her comeback from injury after struggling with disappointment at the World Championships. Corinne Suter will also be disappointed given she had been due to start with the number six bib, which many believed would give her the best chance of victory.

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