Unusually warm weather has forced the cancellation of Friday鈥檚 Snowboard World Cup races at Russia鈥檚 Sochi Olympics venue. Organizers merely postponed the races at first but were as the snow continued to deteriorate. Racers had complained about the rough conditions on Thursday as well.
FIS snowboard race director Uwe Beier admitted that holding consecutive events on the same slope may have made matters worse. 鈥淭here is always a balance of risk if you run two events on two consecutive days on the same slope because you don鈥檛 have that much preparation time,鈥 he said.
The races have been rescheduled for February 23rd in downtown Moscow.
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