ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 21 - Fog and high
winds forced Alpine ski World Cup organisers to call off a
women's super-G race on Sunday.
The race, the last women's event before Christmas, had
already been moved to St Moritz from another Swiss resort, Laax,
because of a lack of snow in the original venue.
"The race was cancelled due to high wind and fog in the
middle part of the slope," said organising committee media
officer Claudio Duschletta.
"We made an early decision to allow people to leave for
Christmas because they have been on the road a long time and
there is no sense in keeping people around."
Organisers said there was no immediate decision on when and
where the race would be rescheduled.
Austrian Renate Goetschl, who won the downhill here on
Saturday, had been hoping to extend her lead in the super-G
World Cup standings with another good result.
The next women's World Cup event will now be a giant slalom
in Lienz, Austria, next Saturday.