{"id":2458818,"date":"2020-05-25T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/cortina-request-postponing-ski-worlds-from-2021-to-2022\/"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T19:28:00","slug":"cortina-requests-postponing-alpine-ski-world-championships-from-2021-to-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/cortina-requests-postponing-alpine-ski-world-championships-from-2021-to-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortina requests postponing alpine ski world championships from 2021 to 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather speeds down the course, as a banner advertising the ski world championships in Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo is seen in the background, during a January 2019 women’s World Cup super-G in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy. The Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) announced Sunday it would like to postpone next year\u2019s Alpine skiing world championships in Cortina until March 2022 in order to avoid the championships being canceled or shortened due to the fallout in Italy from the coronavirus pandemic.<\/strong>
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Italian officials made a formal request on Monday to postpone the 2021 alpine skiing world championships in Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo until March 2022.<\/p>\n

Considering the fallout in Italy from the coronavirus pandemic, Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago said \u201cthis is the best solution\u201d in order to avoid the worlds being canceled or shortened.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a decision in which we both lose but we realize this is the best \u2014 or maybe the only thing \u2014 to do,\u201d Malago said.<\/p>\n

The Italian Winter Sports Federation said if the worlds were canceled it would mean a loss of 30 million euros (more than $30 million).<\/p>\n

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