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Marco Odermatt fulfilled his billing as favourite for giant slalom gold at the Winter Olympics as he shrugged off extremely challenging conditions to win the title in Beijing. Heavy snow and poor visibility caused havoc, with several contenders for the medals struggling to deal with the weather, but the Swiss sensation kept his cool to win ahead of Slovenia's Zan Kranjec and Mathieu Faivre of France.
Heavy snow has caused major disruption to the Winter Olympics schedule with temperatures set to plummet to -35C in the Beijing region.
There were 35 DNFs in the first run of the men’s giant slalom, but Jamaica’s first-ever alpine skier at an Olympic Games was not among them. “Fricking hell, that was hard,” declared DJ-turned-skier Benjamin Alexander, who finished the ‘Ice River’ course in 1:37.94, more than 30 seconds behind leader and pre-event favourite Marco Odermatt.
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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.
The first run of the men’s giant slalom persisted despite treacherous conditions at the Winter Olympics. Visibility was low, but with regulations stating that skiers must be able to see three gates ahead of them, the race went ahead as planned despite the freeski slopestyle qualifying being postponed.
YANQING, China (Reuters) -Favourite Marco Odermatt of Switzerland had a lead of four hundredths of a second over Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner after the first run of the men's giant slalom in driving snow on Sunday.
YANQING, China : Favourite Marco Odermatt of Switzerland held a four hundredths of a second lead over Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner after the top 30 skiers had completed the first run of the men's giant slalom in driving now on Sunday.