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After today's cancellation due to poor track conditions, FIS and organizers are working on a new plan hoping for the cold (even if Adelboden is looming). Alex Vinatzer's words: "Maybe it was feasible".
Wednesday 5 January 2022 3 minutes reading time
All postponed for a few hours, hoping to save the first men's slalom of 2022 and the two days of the “Snow Queen Trophy” in Zagreb.
It is now official, only on tonight's evening, on the occasion of the captains' meeting scheduled at 20, it will be decided whether to try to play tomorrow, Thursday 6 January, the third seasonal specialty event canceled this afternoon due to the disastrous conditions on the Sljeme hill. , where rain, fog and hot wind made the “Crveni Spust” surface a disaster, especially on the final wall.
He trusts in the lowering of temperatures to be able to work all night and propose a decent race tomorrow morning, before moving all towards Adelboden where giants and slalom are scheduled already on Saturday and Sunday.
Timetables? All to be defined, in fact, but there will obviously be a new draw and for Alex Vinatzer it is certainly not a lucky episode, given that the Val Gardena had caught a large number 8, essential in a slalom in these conditions. The 22-year-old from Gardena himself spoke to Rai Sport's microphones, shortly before the news of the official cancellation for today arrived. "Seeing the track in reconnaissance, the conditions are certainly not excellent, but we knew it and we have to adapt - says the Italian leader frankly - Maybe you can remove those leaves on the track that are certainly not the best for spectators to see, for the rest. the situation is similar to last year and I think feasible.
Number 8 should be exploited, because it changes quite a bit compared to 15 ... ".
It will not be so, but in a few hours we will know more.
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