Olympic downhill champion Mayer to miss season-opening race (The Associated Press)
The Austrian ski federation says Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer will skip the season-opening World Cup giant slalom on Sunday. It says Mayer has not fully recovered from bruising both lower legs in a training crash on the Pitztaler glacier on Oct. 12. Quoted in a statement by the federation, Mayer says ”the pain is still too much so it’s useless to start Sunday.