The concept of “false start” is foreign to alpine skiing, and yet: it describes well what is happening within the organizing committee of the Crans-Montana 2027 World Championships. Fifty-two days following entering function, on January 1, 2023, the general manager Caroline Kuyper announced her resignation, information revealed this Wednesday by Le Nouvelliste. The Valais daily quotes a scathing statement from the main interested party, which justifies her departure “with immediate effect” by “major dysfunctions in management and operational conduct, and an original imbalance within governance”.