Crans-Montana: Weather derails Wed. training

CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland — Downhill training for a woman's World Cup, scheduled to kick off today, was postponed after several days extremely warm weather made the course too soft to run.
    A cold front swept in Tuesday evening accompanied by snow that left about 6 inches on the upper part of the course. With temperatures falling and a brisk wind adding to the cooling, race officials were confident a training run would be possible Thursday morning.
    Only three U.S. women will be starting here; Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Stacey Cook. The other speed skiers, including Libby Ludlow, Leanne Smith, and Megan McJames will be competing in the NorAm finals at Lake Placid.

CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland — Downhill training for a woman's World Cup, scheduled to kick off today, was postponed after several days extremely warm weather made the course too soft to run.
    A cold front swept in Tuesday evening accompanied by snow that left about 6 inches on the upper part of the course. With temperatures falling and a brisk wind adding to the cooling, race officials were confident a training run would be possible Thursday morning.
    Only three U.S. women will be starting here; Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Stacey Cook. The other speed skiers, including Libby Ludlow, Leanne Smith, and Megan McJames will be competing in the NorAm finals at Lake Placid.
    The women will race a downhill and super combined here, then travel immediately to the World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy for a mid-day Monday training run.