Heavy snowfall in the Italian Alps has postponed the women’s freestyle ski halfpipe final.
Organizers said the final, scheduled for 3:30 a.m. Korean time on Feb. 22 at Livigno Snow Park, was delayed because of severe weather. The start time was moved to 6:40 p.m. the same day.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said, “Due to heavy snowfall in Livigno, we determined it was impossible to prepare the pipe in a way that ensures a safe and fair competition,” adding, “Today’s competition was canceled.”
Livigno, which hosted snowboarding and freestyle skiing events at these Games, has already seen weather-related disruptions. The women’s snowboard slopestyle featuring South Korea’s Yoo Seung-eun (Seongbok High School) and the men’s freeski halfpipe qualifying with South Korea’s Lee Seung-hoon (Korea National Sport University) were postponed before eventually being held.
South Korea’s Kim Da-eun (Kyung Hee University) and Lee So-young (Sangdong High School) competed in this event but failed to advance from qualifying, leaving no South Korean athletes in the final.
With the final pushed back, the number of gold medals to be awarded on the last day of competition on local Feb. 22 increased to five from four.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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