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By Imogen Foulkes Image caption The Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world (file image)
A British tourist has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases that led officials to cancel Switzerland s famous Lauberhorn ski race.
The resort of Wengen, where the race is held, had recorded only 10 cases of the virus by mid-December.
But the number soon began to rise and many cases have since been linked to the new highly infectious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK.
At least 27 cases are connected to one British tourist, contact tracers say.
The tourist stayed in a hotel in Wengen over the holiday period.
Mayer edges Kriechmayr for Austrian 1-2 in Stelvio downhill
December 30, 2020 GMT
BORMIO, Italy (AP) Matthias Mayer ended Austria’s wait for its first victory of the Alpine skiing World Cup season by winning the classic downhill on the Stelvio on Wednesday in the last event of 2020.
In a spectacular race on one of the circuit’s most challenging courses, Mayer edged teammate Vincent Kriechmayr by four-hundredths of a second for an Austrian 1-2 finish.
“I was on the podium here last year and three years ago with the super-G, and now the victory, it feels amazing,” Mayer said.
Austria had failed to win any of this season’s previous 12 men’s and 10 women’s World Cup races.
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