The Saturday canceled due to strong gusts of windteam competition the alpine skier at the Olympic Games in Yanqing/Beijing has now been rescheduled for Sunday 02:00 CET. This was decided by the International Olympic Committee, International Ski Federation, Organizing Committee and the other stakeholders involved after almost an hour of discussion. For some teams, this means a logistical challenge, as flights have to be rebooked, among other things.
Austria advocates an appointment on Sunday
The cancellation after two shifts of one hour each on Saturday was not discussed. “It’s too gusty, it bends the bars in the direction of travel, so it becomes difficult and dangerous,” said Christian Mitter, who as team boss of the Austrian team around Katharina Liensberger, Katharina Truppe, Katharina Huber, Johannes Strolz, Stefan Brennsteiner and Michael Matt acts.
From the start, he spoke out in favor of a rescheduling on Sunday. “Cancelling an Olympic race because of a logistical matter, I would not understand that,” said Mitter to the APA – Austria Press Agency. Austria has no logistical effort, the charter flight of the ÖOC only goes on Monday. However, the Swiss-Ski athletes are said to have booked their return flights to Switzerland for Sunday.
Weather forecast again with gusts of wind
It remains to be seen whether the race, which would be the eleventh medal award in alpine ski racing after five individual decisions, will actually take place. The weather is supposed to be similar, but that doesn’t mean much here, explained Mitter and added that the weather reports should be treated with caution. “We have to try it in any case, if at all possible.”
It starts with the round of 16. Since only 15 teams are registered, top seeded Austria has a bye to start with. In the quarterfinals, the winner from Slovenia against Canada is waiting for red-white-red.
Source: Nachrichten
