(Reuters) – The Beaver Creek men’s Alpine World Cup downhill was cancelled on Friday due to heavy overnight snow in Vail, Colorado creating unsafe conditions.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) said on X, formerly Twitter, that “fingers were crossed” the Birds of Prey layout would be ready for a second downhill scheduled for Saturday followed by a super-G on Sunday.
It marks the third time this season that a men’s Alpine race has had to be cancelled due to poor snow conditions or bad weather.
The Birds of Prey is one of the World Cup’s most challenging and treacherous tracks.
Canadian Broderick Thompson remains in hospital with head injuries sustained in a training run crash on Wednesday.
Thompson was airlifted from the course and taken to Denver Health Centre where he is in a stable condition, according to a statement from Alpine Canada.
The 29-year-old has 78 World Cup starts and represented Canada at two Olympics.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto. Editing by Toby Davis)
