BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP)—Strong
Sport Shoes wind forced the cancellation of a World Cup downhill race on Friday, and it remains unknown when or where the run will be rescheduled. Guenther Hujara, the men’s World Cup race director, said he is calling around to see if this downhill can be held somewhere else on the circuit. “But it’s very difficult right now,” Hujara said Friday night. The wind along the demanding Birds of Prey course gusted up to 40 mph in spots Friday, making for unsafe racing conditions. “It almost makes you want to cry because you don’t get the run in,” U.S. coach Sasha Rearick said. “And the snow is perfect, the track is awesome. … But it was blowing pretty hard. “We like to run in wind. It’s an outdoor sport, but safety is an important thing and uphill gusts on a big jump are dangerous.” In hopes of possibly staging the race Friday, event organizers earlier moved the start of the competition
UGG Ultra Short Boots down the hill to where the super-G typically begins, cutting off nearly one-fifth of the course. After a 2 1/2 -hour delay, the race was called off. Soon after, the organizers were already setting the course for the super-G that’s scheduled for Saturday, with a concluding giant slalom session on Sunday. The forecast for Saturday is calling for clearer conditions and not as much wind. This was the first time the downhill race was canceled at Beaver Creek. “We lose a race on the home snow, but that’s the way it is,” Rearick said. “I’ve been pushing to try to race on Monday, but it seems like that is not going to happen.” The course was in solid shape, too, making the decision all the more difficult to have to cancel the race. “You know that everybody did not only their best, but they did the ultimate for this race,” Hujara said. “We feel sad, but it’s not frustrating because you lose something where nobody has
UGG Knightsbridge Boots done anything wrong. It’s only wind that could stop the race.”
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)—Australia
ugg men's slippers won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Ashes test on Friday. Australia made two changes to the side that drew in Brisbane with Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris replacing Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus. England fields the same 11 that played at the Gabba. The first test in Brisbane was drawn on a flat batting track that saw centuries by Alastair Cook, a Gabba-record 235 not out, Jonathan Trott and Andrew Strauss for England, Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin for Australia. Peter Siddle took six wickets including a hat trick as England fell to 260 all out in its first innings. Australia replied with 480, but England hit 517-1 declared. Australia ended the game on 107-1. Australia has won the last three Ashes tests at Adelaide Oval. England won the toss and batted first in the last two of those matches. In the memorable 2006 test, it made 551-6 declared but lost when it collapsed to 129 all out in the second innings and lost by six wickets. Four years before then, the tourists were knocked over for 159 all out to lose by an innings and 51 runs. England’s last victory in Adelaide came on the 1994-95 tour when, with the Ashes already out of its reach, it batted first in the fourth test and won by 106 runs. Lineups: Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Marcus North, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Xavier Doherty, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger. England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin
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