Reiteralm picks up two women's alpine races

The Austrian resort of Reiteralm will stage two women’s World Cup alpine ski races that were canceled in France and Switzerland due to warm weather and lack of snow.

OBERHOFEN, Switzerland — The Austrian resort of Reiteralm will stage two women’s World Cup alpine ski races that were canceled in France and Switzerland due to warm weather and lack of snow.
    Reiteralm will host a women’s super combi on Friday and a super G on Saturday, the International Ski Federation said Monday.
    The super combi had been scheduled to take place in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the super G in Val d’Isere, France.
Reiteralm had already picked up a men’s super combi from Val d’Isere, also canceled because of poor snow conditions. Ivica Kostelic won Sunday’s race.
    In total, four World Cup events have been called off this season because of the weather. The season-opening races at Sölden, Austria, in October were wiped out because of heavy rain, and women’s events in St. Moritz on Dec. 9-10 were called off ahead of time because of lack of snow. Both the men’s and women’s races in Val d’Isere this month were also canceled in advance because of poor snow conditions.

 — The Associaated Press