Weekend luge races at Whistler pushed back because of weather

World Cup luge races scheduled for Friday at the Whistler Sliding Centre have been delayed until Saturday because heavy snow has delayed the delivery of sleds.

Heavy snow delays sleds in transit from Lake Placid

Heavy snow envelopes trucks in Winnipeg, Man. part of a system that is delaying the delivery of luge sleds for World Cup races in Whistler, B.C. this weekend. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

World Cup luge races scheduled for Friday at the Whistler Sliding Centre have been delayed until Saturday because heavy snow has delayed the delivery of sleds.

The sleds that were shipped from Lake Placid, New York, last weekend are stuck in Manitoba because of the snow, and aren't expected to arrive in British Columbia before Wednesday.

Friday will be a training day for all teams, and all four disciplines — men's, women's, doubles and the team relay — will be run on Saturday.

Parts of western Canada have gotten nearly a foot of snow because of the storm, with more in Wednesday's forecast.