Alpine Skiing - poor visibility hinders start of world championships

The Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming got off to a false start when the women's Super-G had to be delayed because of poor visibility.

Scheduled for 10am UK time, the inaugural event of the skiing fortnight in the Austrian resort was pushed back several times by 15 minutes because of heavy fog on the piste.

The race can be postponed as late as 1pm (UK) before being called off and rescheduled for another day.

Schladming has not been too lucky with the weather so far as rain fell heavily in the last couple of days.