The racers were on the slope for inspection but the race jury decided to call off the training run, which had already been pushed back to 1 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) to give course workers more time.

Organizers said “the preparation work on the Kaernten-Franz Klammer World Cup course will be continued” in the afternoon.

Another training session is planned for Friday, with the downhill and a super-G scheduled for the weekend.