This season's World Cup alpine skiing events in Switzerland will be held without spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Swiss ski federation announced Friday. "Following an in-depth analysis of the situation relating to Covid-19 and an agreement with Swiss-Ski, the Swiss organisers of the 2020/21 Alpine Skiing World Cup events have decided that their competitions will in principle take place without spectators this winter," Swiss-Ski said in a statement. Switzerland is slated to host five competitions this season, including some of the most prestigious and best-attended events on the circuit: St Moritz, Wengen, Crans-Montana, Adelboden and Lenzerheide. The latter resort is scheduled to host the season-ending World Cup finals from March 17-21. rg/lp/gj