FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's Downhill Training session - Kvitfjell, Norway - March 6, 2020. Germany's Thomas Dressen in action. NTB Scanpix/Stian Lysberg Solum via REUTERS
(Reuters) - The Alpine skiing World Cup finals in Cortina d'Ampezzo have been cancelled amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Italian winter sports federation (FISI) said on Friday.
"It's with great regret that I took this decision," said FISI president Flavio Roda after every nation but Italy voted against holding the March 18-22 finals at an International Skiing Federation (FIS) emergency meeting.
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