Heavy snowfall disrupts several events at Beijing Olympics, including Eileen Gu's qualifying run in the freeski slopestyle
Heavy snowfall has blanketed northern China, 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 men's giant slalom at Yanqing went ahead despite reduced visibility due to driving snow, with start intervals for the first group of racers lowered to one minute, 45 seconds, from two minutes. The second training session for the women's downhill race at the same venue was cancelled. "In order to ensure the safety of athletes, we decided to postpone the events," Yang told a news conference.Weather forecasters issued a blizzard warning for Sunday, forecasting significant snowfall for large parts of northern China including Beijing.
"But luckily the surface is quite icy, quite regular from start to finish, so I succeeded in producing a pretty good first run."
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