Camille Balanche Out of the Andorra World Cup After Qualifying Crash

 Such a big relief she doesn't appear to be severely injured. She's a big role model and I was worried it was a lot worse.

 They've just announced a change of schedule (or possible postponement) for tomorrow's race due to the wind. Better late than never I guess.
@edspratt Maybe this deserves a separate post of it's own.

Communique - Extreme weather / change of schedule Saturday DHI

Based on the latest weather forecast from the national weather forecasting service, the existing schedule for the UCI Downhill World Cup tomorrow, Saturday 26 August will not be possible as planned due to extreme wind speeds.

This safety decision has been made by the UCI, WBD Sports and the local organisers to ensure the welfare of the athletes, teams, marshals, volunteers, spectators and everyone working at the event.

A revised race schedule will be agreed and communicated at 06:15am tomorrow morning following a final weather forecast review.

If racing goes ahead, the schedule will be as follows:

07:30am – 08:30am Training, WE & ME combined.

09:00am – Final WE, 17 qualified riders.

09:45am – Final ME, 61 qualified riders.

If a further deterioration of the weather is predicted to coincide with this revised schedule the event will be postponed for the day & further updates will be communicated as appropriate.

Please ensure your tents and equipment across the paddock area are secured for high winds and heavy rain, and that your personnel are all safe.

 @commental: Thanks, I just saw this. I’m working on something about it now. It will be interesting to see how they work the broadcasts without semi-finals.

 @commental: I'm confused by this. I wonder if they meant "Semi-final" instead of "Final" at 9:00 and 9:45. Or are they doing away with the semi-finals altogether and just going with finals in the morning due to extreme weather expected in the afternoon?

 @Bibico: semi final would be cancelled.

 @Bibico: Based on the forecast there are storms expected in the afternoon, similar to the one on track walk day. Sounds like they will be doing away with semi's.

 @bgoldstone: Final says 61 riders, so do you know, are they reverting to last year's format?

 @commental: that’s what it look like they are doing.

 Because DIscovery/ ESO don't care about rider safety at all.

 Because it’s a mountain environment and DH racing is freakin gnarly.

 Should have put a wall up to stop the wind?...

 @jibbandpedal: Delayed the event until better conditions.

 @Henryd555: according to other comments, 1) other riders have crashed less severely and 2) the forecast calls for wind conditions to get worse, not better

 Hindsight is always 20/20. There are billions of variables and it's a dangerous sport, can't protect riders from every single one. Serious injuries are 'relatively' rare considering and it sounds like she didn't have anything seriously wrong so she'll be back at soon.

 @Henryd555: Abbie Hogie went down there too

 For Sure it was preventable, we have B-line for every road gap and it's even more technical to ride than to jump so would make the course interesting! no need to postpone anything just close jumps that are too exposed to the wind and ride around it so we keep the wheel on the ground and don't have added risk! the wind is totally predictable on this Mountain , they have big wind everyday there! we know the risk of DH riding and we are fine with it but we don't need extra stupid danger !

 no footage but basically the wind was sideways so your bike goes flat under you and you don't land on the wheels just on your side body....