Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine World Ski Championships to remain in 2021

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Council has confirmed that the 2021 Alpine World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo will remain in their original slot in the calendar.

The Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) and the Organising Committee requested in May that the event be pushed back to 2022 in light of the coronavirus crisis.

Cortina d'Ampezzo had been scheduled to host the 2019-2020 season's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in March before the event was cancelled, which organisers said left them without an opportunity to adequately test the resort's infrastructure and operational plans, while there were also serious financial consequences and fears a late cancellation in 2021 could be crippling.

However, the FIS and FISI reviewed the situation today and have declared their intention to hold the showpiece event as first planned.