Overview
- After three of the first six starters fell—Nina Ortlieb, Marte Monsen and Lindsey Vonn—the jury canceled the women’s World Cup downhill for safety reasons.
- Organizers and on-site reports described flat visibility, fresh snow accumulations and icy patches that made the course unpredictable and unsafe.
- Vonn said she injured her left knee and is consulting her medical team, while Monsen was taken off by toboggan for checks following a heavy crash; Ortlieb rose after hitting the nets.
- The following day’s Super-G went ahead: Switzerland’s Malorie Blanc won, Italy’s Sofia Goggia finished second and the USA’s Breezy Johnson was third, with Federica Brignone well off the podium in her speed return.
- Italian outlets reported the canceled downhill will be made up in Val di Fassa on March 6, and the episode renewed scrutiny of late-calendar scheduling and sponsor activities in a community still grieving a deadly nightclub fire.