The strong wind forces the postponement of the descent test

The strong wind forced the postponement, in Yanqing, of the descent, the queen event of the men’s alpine skiing of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, originally scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (local time) this Sunday and that, after three delays, was postponed.

The test will finally be held tomorrow, Monday (5:00 hours in the Basque Country). This was announced by the International Ski Federation (FIS). “The technical jury and the organizing committee have made the decision to postpone the descent for the sake of safety and equality,” said the aforementioned body.

the norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde -leader of the World Cup in the discipline- had been the fastest on Friday in the second training session; Adur Etxezarretawho had been second on Thursday, set the seventh time on Friday, 54 hundredths behind the Norwegian.


Source: Eitb

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