FILE PHOTO: Skiing - Ski World Cup Wengen - Men's Alpine Combined - Downhill - Lauberhorn, Wengen, Switzerland - January 19, 2019 Wiley Maple of the U.S. in action during the first run REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Lauberhorn, the longest FIS World Cup downhill ski race, has been canceled after Swiss authorities raised fears that staging events in and around the alpine town of Wengen on Jan. 15-17 would risk spreading COVID-19.
In addition to the 4.3 km (2.7 mile) men's downhill race planned for Saturday, another downhill race and slalom event were also called off after testing in Wengen showed alarmingly high rates of asymptomatic coronavirus infections, authorities said.
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