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Women's freeski halfpipe final postponed due to heavy snow
Steady snow forced a one-day postponement to the women's freeski halfpipe final, the last Winter Olympic event due to take place in the Alpine town of Livigno, Italy, organizers said.
The event was moved from Saturday evening (1:30 p.m. ET) to Sunday morning (4:40 a.m. ET).
Snow fell for several hours throughout men's ski cross, which limited visibility and slowed skiers on the slopes. Livigno is located in northern Italy near the border with Switzerland.
China's Eileen Gu, a San Francisco native, is set to defend her gold medal in the halfpipe when the event gets underway. Other top contenders include qualifiers leader Zoe Atkin of Britain and China's Li Fanghui.
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Heavy snow has repeatedly pushed back a number of Winter Olympic events this week — not an uncommon byproduct of holding outdoor sporting events during the winter.
The men's aerials competition had been scheduled for Thursday morning but will now be held on Friday. Men's freeski halfpipe qualifiers was also taken off the schedule. Freestyle ski was pushed back to later in the day.
The start of Thursday's women's curling matches were pushed back nearly 30 minutes. The indoor event had to be delayed because teams struggled to get to the venue on time because of the snow.
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Australia's last medal hope at the Milano Cortina Winter Games, Indra Brown, was forced to wait a little longer for her crack at a maiden Olympic podium finish.
Heavy and consistent snowfall in Livigno meant that the women's freeski halfpipe was moved from its original time of 5:30am AEDT to 8:40pm Sunday evening, with organisers unable to "prepare the pipe in a safe and fair condition".
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