Winter Olympics 2022 - Downhill delayed due to high winds, race now set to start at later time of 04:00 GMT

The downhill at the Winter Olympics has been moved back by an hour owing to high winds. The event was due to start at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre at 03:00 but has now been moved to 04:00. The USA’s Bryce Bennett will be first out of the gate with Mattias Mayer, Beat Feuz, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Dominik Paris and Marco Odermatt also in action.

Ad/> The decision comes a day after the third round of training was controversially cancelled. Matthias Mayer, Christof Innerhofer and gold medal favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde all completed their final training run before Markus Waldner called proceedings to a halt. Beijing 2022'Robbed' — Skier Jansrud hits out after 'first major scandal of Olympics'20 HOURS AGO It was a decision that led to criticism from Kjetil Jansrud who hit out at a lack of communication, who said he felt like he had been «robbed».

«It's not okay in any way to do it the way they did it,» Jansrud said on discovery+. «There is complete chaos with the flow of information. You get the impression that Markus ran a little dictator line without information, so it is very difficult to be an athlete at the top and have no idea if it will be on or not.

»At the same time, you notice in the whole field, myself included, that there is a big difference between those who have had a third trip down and those who have not. I think as a collective you feel as if you were robbed from the opportunity to get some practice today, so it is the way it was handled that is a bit problematic. 'Robbed' — Skier Jansrud hits out after 'first major scandal of Olympics' Opinion: Goggia’s return could end up being story of the Games «I thought it was time to speak out in a proper way.