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The words of Lionel Pellicier, director of the French women's teams, after the cancellation of the giant on the Rettenbach. There is confidence for the men's race, as well as for the "Speed Opening".
Saturday 22 October 2022 3 minutes reading time
A stop that hurts, after 7 months of waiting from that giant of the finals in Méribel who spoke only blue.
The girls will not be protagonists in Soelden, with the cancellation of the opening of the World Cup already decided at dawn, since there were just no safety conditions to compete on the Rettenbach with so much rain that had fallen since the night .
Furthermore, the forecasts did not indicate improvements at least until 13.00, after the competition jury had already allowed itself an extra hour (moving the 1st heat from 10.00 to 11.00) to try to keep the coat in good condition. a track where, as Lionel Pellicier (technical director of the French women's national team) explained to his colleagues at “Ski Chrono”, “the fund didn't hold up and was rotten. It rained very heavily for four hours, then turned into very wet snow, with an accumulation of 10-15 centimeters at the top.
It was too dangerous to race and as the weather will not improve until 13:00, the FIS has reasonably decided to cancel ”.
There will be time to assess the location and date of the recovery, with the next appointments for the women's circuit in no less than two weeks, given that the two descents of Zermatt-Cervinia are scheduled for 5-6 November and, Saturday 12, there will be the parallel of Lech / Zuers.
Speaking of the "Speed Opening" on the Matterhorn, today at 12.00 there will be the decisive snow control for the men's competitions (29-30 October): there is confidence despite the rainfall of the last few hours, with temperatures that remain high even above the 3000 mt.
And on Sunday (the 1st heat at 10.00, the 2nd at 13.00) the giant of men in Soelden should not be in danger, with clear skies and only a little wind expected at high altitude.
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