Heavy Snow Disrupts Winter Olympics in Livigno
Severe snowfall in Livigno has altered the Winter Olympics schedule. The women's snowboard slopestyle final and women's aerials qualifying were postponed due to safety concerns. The men's aerials round was also delayed, with the women's slopestyle rescheduled for another day. Top athletes include Xu Mengtao and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott.
Heavy snow disrupted the Winter Olympics schedule on Tuesday in Livigno, Italy. Organizers had to delay the women's snowboard slopestyle medal event and adjust the start times for freestyle skiing aerials.
The qualifying round for the women's aerials event was initially set for Tuesday morning. However, heavy snowfall raised safety concerns about visibility and speed on the Livigno Aerials and Moguls Park course. The event was rescheduled for Tuesday afternoon as crews worked to clear the snow-covered areas. Temperatures remained at a cold -6 Celsius with competitors, like China's defending champion Xu Mengtao and Belarusian Hanna Huskova, completing practice rounds before the postponement.
In a ripple effect, the delay of women's aerials led to a postponement of the men's qualifier scheduled for the afternoon. Organizers are yet to announce a new date and time. Meanwhile, the women's slopestyle final at Livigno Snow Park was canceled for the day, to be moved to another date. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand remains the favorite for the slopestyle final after leading the qualifiers, with Japan's Murase Kokomo as a major competitor.
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