The cancellation affects all disciplines of the annual World Cup party in Lenzerheide: Cross-Country Olympic with Cross-Country Short Track and Downhill fall victim to the corona measures. "We waited until the last possible moment and worked hard every day to make it possible to hold the event. So it hurts all the more that we can't hold the planned World Cup either," says OC President Christoph Müller.

Ghost races are useless if there are too many ghosts

A staging without spectators was also recently examined. "But if you just add up the athletes, coaches, officials, organizers, helpers, media representatives and other people who would be on site despite such ghost races, we are already at 1500 to 1800 people," says Müller. Events with up to 1000 people are currently permitted. At the moment, no one can guarantee that an event permit for this number of people can be expected from September, as the Federal Council held back on this at the press conference on 19 June 2020 and referred responsibility back to the cantons.

In addition to the limited number of people, it is the current protective measures that are causing the organizers concern. "We had to realize that the current protective measures with sectors for an outdoor event of our size are not consistently applicable and many points are still unclear," Müller points out. The necessary protection for everyone involved cannot be guaranteed one hundred percent under the current regulations.