"Actually a joke"

On Sunday, the qualification for the slopestyle competition of the ski-frestylers was postponed by one day, the second departure training of the ladies quite canceled. The giant slalom of the alpine was discharged despite particularly in the first run of extreme conditions. "That was a bit dangerous. Actually, a joke. If the race had been before Olympia, I would have waived probably for security reasons," said the Austrian Manuel Feller. His teammate Stefan Brennsteiner described the amount of fresh snow as "borderline".

The mountain region north of Beijing is considered very cold, but also extremely dry. Precipitation as on Sunday with more than ten centimeters Neuschnee is truly rare according to local helpers. The alpine slopes as well as the routes for cross-country skiing and biathlon have been prepared exclusively with artificial snow for the games. Due to this needed water quantities, it had given criticism of environmentalists. Also in Beijing, some centimeters of snow fell, which did not affect.

The organizers were satisfied despite the necessary changes in the schedule. "Two days ago we knew exactly when, how much snow will fall in every competition site. Then we could warn in advance," said Spokesman Yang Shuan. Preventing the cancellations were ultimately not.

The tagged departure training gave superstar Mikaela Shifrin time to deal with minority. "I have a lot too much time to think about that I fell asleep yesterday while I ate goldfish (a pastry, d. Red.) And woke up in a crumb massaker. That was not just uncomfortable, I'm not sure As my dentist thinks about it, "Shifrin wrote at Twitter.