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Ballon Fiesta cancelled due to morning winds

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - There was not a cloud in the sky. Nor a balloon.

Windy conditions Monday morning prompted officials at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta to postpone the day's events, said fiesta spokeswoman Kathie Leyendecker.

"The wind at the ground level was a little iffy," she said.

Leyendecker said quite a few people had turned out to see the start of the New Mexico Challenge, a long distance race for hot air balloons. That race and two other planned flying competitions were rescheduled for Tuesday morning.