The World Cup bobsled and skeleton season will start a week later than planned, and Lake Placid, New York, will now host the first two racing weekends.
A mechanical failure at the track in Park City, Utah, forced organizers to scrub plans to open the season there this month. The opening weekend of races has been rescheduled for Dec. 7-8 in Lake Placid, followed by the regularly scheduled second weekend of the season there from Dec. 13-15.
The Park City track's refrigeration pump system is being repaired, but officials in Utah said there is no guarantee it would be ready to ensure "prime condition" for the World Cup opener there.