Cable cars are blown by strong winds during a pause of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020.
All rights reservedSEMMERING – A women's World Cup giant slalom was canceled following the opening run Monday after increasingly strong winds destroyed parts the finish area.
“It's a really dangerous thing, even just staying in the finish area,” said the International Ski Federation's race director, Peter Gerdol.
“We will need the whole morning to reset the finish area,” Gerdol said.
Petra Vlhova posted the fastest time, two years after the GS world champion from Slovakia won her first race in the discipline on the same Zauberberg course.