Continuous snowfall has pushed back the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe finals by one day at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The competition, featuring defending champion Eileen Gu of China, was rescheduled from Saturday to Sunday due to poor visibility conditions.
Persistent snowfall has forced Olympic organizers to postpone the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe finals by 24 hours in Livigno, Italy, marking another weather-related disruption at the Milano Cortina Games.
The competition, originally scheduled for Saturday evening, has been rescheduled to Sunday as the final event taking place in the northern Italian Alpine community.
Heavy snow continued falling throughout Saturday’s men’s ski cross finals, creating poor visibility conditions and making the slopes more challenging for competitors. The mountain town sits in northern Italy close to the Swiss border.
When competition resumes, China’s Eileen Gu will attempt to retain her Olympic title in the halfpipe discipline. Britain’s Zoe Atkin, who topped the qualifying rounds, and China’s Li Fanghui are among the leading challengers expected to compete for medals.
Adverse weather conditions have disrupted the Olympic schedule multiple times throughout the Milano Cortina Games, which are scheduled to wrap up with Sunday evening’s Closing Ceremony.
The men’s halfpipe competition also faced scheduling changes earlier in the week, with organizers consolidating qualifying rounds and finals into a single day on Friday rather than spreading them across separate days as initially planned.
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