Weather Delays 2nd Run Of Men’s Giant Slalom
Feb 12, 2022, 11:11 PM
Xu Mingfu of Team China reacts during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 on day nine of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Centre on February 13, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Wang Xianmin/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images)
(Photo by Wang Xianmin/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — The second run of the men’s giant slalom has been postponed amid heavy snowfall and low visibility at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center.
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland has a lead of 0.04 seconds over Stefan Brennsteiner of Austria and 0.08 over world champion Mathieu Faivre of France after the first run.
It is the first time snow has fallen during an Alpine skiing race at the Beijing Olympics.
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Snow has been falling since Saturday at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center, where athletes had been racing and training on artificial snow. A second women’s downhill training run scheduled for Sunday was canceled.
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