Since the start of the season, Vittozzi had postponed his return to competition several times. She first skipped the first stage of the World Cup in Kontiolahti (Finland). The 29-year-old Italian then withdrew in December from the second and third stages of the winter, in Hochfilzen, Austria, and Le Grand-Bornand, France, setting her return at Oberhof, Germany (January 9-12 ). Last week, she announced she was once again pushing back her World Cup return, this time without setting a date.