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KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia -- The final womens World Cup giant slalom before the Sochi Olympics was called off Saturday because of rain and fog, following a day of heavy snowfall. Balenciaga Shoes Wholesale China . A decision on whether to go ahead with a slalom scheduled for Sunday on the same Podkoren course will be made shortly before that race. Organizers first delayed the start of the GS by half an hour but conditions failed to improve. "The race line was quite good but we had a lot of loose snow on the outside," FIS race director Atle Skaardal said. "And then in connection with the freezing rain and the bad visibility, the complete situation was not acceptable." FIS says 200 course workers had been working all morning to clear over a meter of fresh snow, but rain and fog were limiting visibility for the racers on the softened course. "I am convinced it was the right decision," Skaardal said. "The organizing committee have done a tremendous job over the last days and hours to even bring us in the position this morning to consider to start a race because you saw how extreme everything was." Despite rain being forecast for the rest of the day, Skaardal judged the chances for Sundays slalom as "quite good." "Its a shorter event. We need only 550 metres length which is less than 50 per cent of the giant slalom," he said. "This makes it easier as we have more people to work on a smaller area." The 50th edition of the annual Zlata Lisica event was moved from another Slovenian resort, Maribor, because of a lack of snow there. The GS will likely be rescheduled after the Olympics, though the tight schedule doesnt leave FIS many options, according to Skaardal. Jessica Lindell-Vikarby leads the GS World Cup standings with 332 points, 120 clear of Swedish teammate Maria Pietilae-Holmner. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein, Austrian pair Anna Fenninger and Kathrin Zettel, and American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin are all within 10 points of Pietilae-Holmner. Austria womens head coach Jurgen Kriechbaum said that "coaches were unanimous, the weather is just too bad." "The course is not good enough to stage a race with these conditions," Kriechbaum said. "The organizers wanted to stage the race at all costs but its useless under these circumstances." Yeezy Boost 350 V3 Fake . This is Lowry’s third time winning the award in his career. He won the award last season and as a member of the Houston Rockets in 2011. Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Wholesale . "It was awesome," he said. Coming off an ugly three-game sweep at the hands of the Yankees, Toronto found itself in a deep hole early after the Reds put an eight spot up on starter Liam Hendriks (six runs in 1 2/3 innings pitched) and Todd Redmond in the second. http://www.brandshoescheaponline.com/wholesale-air-max-china/max-95-clearance-sale.html .Y. - Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs didnt flinch in the face of adversity.TORONTO - The Blue Jays welcome back two important bodies in time for the third game of their four-game set with the Tigers. Adam Lind, whos missed two games with tightness in his back, will bat third as the designated hitter. J.P. Arencibia, who suffered a minor shoulder injury in a collision at home plate with Bostons Shane Victorino on Saturday, will catch for the first time since Sunday. The news isnt all good, however, as Edwin Encarnacion will miss a third consecutive game with a sore left hamstring. The Blue Jays are hopeful Encarnacion will be able to play in Thursdays series finale against Detroit. Lind, 29, is ennjoying a resurgent season. Vapormax 2019 Discount. Hes hitting .327 with an OPS of .934. Arencibia, 27, leads all major league catchers with 15 home runs and his 38 RBI rank him seventh among players at his position. Arencibia has struggled to get on base. His .247 on base percentage is second worst among all players with enough plate appearances to qualify. Encarnacion, 30, is having an All Star-caliber season. His slash line is .270/.350/.537 and Encarnacions 23 home runs and 66 RBI lead the Blue Jays. Wednesdays lineup: Reyes SSBautista RFLind DHRasmus CFDavis LFIzturis 3BDeRosa 1BArencibia CBonifacio 2B Johnson P ' ' ' |
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