Too much snow causes Winter Olympics disruption

Too much snow causes Winters disruption

Feb 13, 2022 by BBC News - Home

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  • The women's freeski slopestyle qualification was due to start at 10:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Sunday Ironically, the difficulty caused by the fresh snow came after the Games had been criticised for being the first Winter Olympics to rely almost 100% on artificial snow.
    • Follow live TV and text coverage of Winter Olympics day nine Valieva's entourage under scrutiny as IOC asks Wada to investigate GB's men's curlers earn third win of the Games The men's qualification, with James Woods going for GB, is now scheduled for Tuesday, with the finals on Wednesday.
  • In the alpine skiing, the second run of the men's giant slalom was delayed by the snowfall and needed hours of maintenance on the track for the event to restart at 07:00 GMT.
  • Heavy snowfall caused the alpine skiing events to be delayed Away from the mountains, there was heavy snow in central Beijing - which is unusual for the Chinese capital in February.

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