Women's night slalom relocated to Schladming as rising Covid-19 case numbers force Flachau cancellation
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ByEurosport
Updated 06/01/2022 at 19:13 GMT
The world's finest female technical skiers will have a rare opportunity to race under the famous lights of Schladming after Covid-19 forced the relocation of the night slalom from Flachau. Governing body FIS announced that the race would go ahead as intended on January 11 with the same timings, 30 kilometres to the east of the original host town.
Vlhova takes first place in Zagreb ahead of Shiffrin
The women's slalom in Flachau planned for January 11 has been relocated to Schladming.
Due to high levels of Covid-19 cases in the area, the race organising committee made the decision to seek a new location in Austria on Thursday morning.
And governing body FIS has since confirmed that the leading female technical skiers will now have the chance to race under the famous lights in Schladming, about 30 kilometres east.
Barring further disruption, the race will proceed with the same timings and on the intended date.
Flachau is currently the municipality with the highest number of cases. There are currently 268 active cases in the region.
Mayor Thomas Oberreiter emphasised that "not a single one of them needs medical treatment".
However, World Cup events in the Salzburg region in the coming week - the women's ski races in Zauchensee (January 15-16) and the Snowboard World Cup races in Bad Gastein (January 11-12) are set to go ahead as planned.
Bad weather forced the cancellation of Wednesday’s men’s slalom event in Zagreb, before the race was abandoned soon after belatedly starting on Thursday.
Petra Vlhova secured victory in the women’s slalom on Tuesday ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin.
The Slovak star leads the World Cup standings by 140 points from Shiffrin after five races.
Shiffrin could have the chance to close the gap in Kranjska Gora, which replaced Maribor as the Slovenian leg of the World Cup due to a lack of snow, on Sunday.
The event in Schladming will be the final World Cup slalom before the competition breaks for the Winter Olympics.
The town hosted the 2013 World Championships, with now six-time world champion Shiffrin taking her first major championships gold in the slalom.
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