Winter Olympics: Heavy snowfall in Beijing causes disruption to alpine & freestyle skiing
Heavy snow has caused major disruption to the Winter Olympics schedule with temperatures set to plummet to -35C in the Beijing region.
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Snow blankets Games, delays Gu's return to competition
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Heavy snowfall blanketed northern China on Sunday, bringing a wintry atmosphere to the Beijing Olympics and disrupting several events, including home team favourite Eileen Gu's qualifying run in the freeski slopestyle.
Freestyle skiing-Freeski slopestyle qualifiers postponed to Monday due to snow
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :The women's freeski slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Games were postponed to Monday due to weather conditions, organisers said, as heavy snow led to poor visibility.
Heavy snow postpones Kirsty Muir’s second shot at Olympic medal
Kirsty Muir’s second shot at claiming an Olympic medal has been put on hold after heavy snow-fall caused the postponement of women’s ski-slopestyle qualifying at Genting Snow Park.
Olympic ski slopestyle qualifier postponed due to wind, snow
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Freestyle skier Eileen Gu's quest for a second gold medal at the Beijing Games ran into a slight detour when gusty wind and snow postponed the qualifying round for women's slopestyle on Sunday.
Freestyle skiing: Freeski slopestyle qualifiers postponed due to snow
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: The women's freeski slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Games were postponed on Sunday (Feb 13) due to snow, organisers said.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Eileen Gu and Kirsty Muir made to wait as slopestyle qualifiers postponed due to snowfall
Eileen Gu, Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes will have to wait for the chance to impress in the women’s freeski slopestyle after Sunday’s qualifiers were postponed due to bad weather. The first qualifying run had been set to start at 02:00 GMT but was initially delayed due to heavy snow – the first to fall in Beijing at the 2022 Winter Games.
Freestyle skiing-Snowfall delays start of freeski slopestyle qualifiers
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : The start of the women's freeski slopestyle qualifiers on Sunday has been delayed due to a steady snowfall on the course, organisers said.