XXV Winter Olympics 2026: Snowing & Raining Creates Issues for Athletes

Icy and Slippery Ground Affects Performances

Friday, February 13, 2026 is Friday the 13^th

The Great Backyard Bird Count? I mostly see squirrels and pigeons or doves. Once, I saw a coyote who went by along my fence. I hope they are all safe, and the coyotes have a safe wildlife sanctuary.  I noticed that the television networks are promoting Black Friday sales for this weekend because this Friday the 13^th weekend is a three-day holiday. Black Friday is only supposed to be in November, one day after Thanksgiving, which is also a Friday.  Nowadays, the networks are promoting it on a yearlong basis to encourage more shopping on different holidays throughout the year. But Black Friday being promoted on Friday the 13^th might have dark symbolism, especially when promoted by the media.

While watching the Olympics, I noticed more Olympics controversy and drama, which is usually created by the American athletes because they are desperate for a medal or a higher medal. They are so pathetic and greedy. American athletes creating controversy? The American figure-skating married couple, Chock and Bates, appear to be sore losers, even though they won the Silver Medal. They aren’t satisfied with the Silver, and they desperately wanted the Gold because they are greedy. They should be grateful they received a medal because the Olympics is very competitive. What sore losers! This incident reminds me of what happened in the Summer Olympics with the American Gymnastics Team, when they tried to steal a medal from one of the Romanian gymnasts, who won the Bronze Medal. The American Coaches argued with the judges to change the American gymnast’s low score and make it higher so the shitty sore loser American gymnast would receive the Bronze Medal by force. I remember the Romanians fought back, and the Romanian young gymnast got her Bronze Medal back. But I think that the American gymnast who stole a Bronze medal had kept the Bronze medal anyway because she was desperate for a medal. I hope she gave the Bronze medal back to the Olympics because that American gymnast wasn’t even good. She was just a sore loser, crying for a medal, even though she sucked. I cannot even remember her name. I just remember that she sucked and she couldn’t accept that she wasn’t good enough for a medal. I wonder if this will happen in every Olympics with sore-loser American athletes.   

Men’s 10KM Freestyle at Tesero: Top skiers include Great Britain’s Musgrave and Norway’s Klaebo. But currently Canada’s Stephen and Czech’s Bauer are in the lead of the pack. Other skiers include France’s Desloges, Italy’s Carollo, Sweden’s Poromaa, France’s Lapalus, Sweden’s Berglund, USA’s Ketterson, Austria’s Vermeulen, Norway’s Amundsen, Italy’s Graz, Norway’s Nyenget, and Finland’s Ruus Keinen. France’s Lapierre is in first place, followed by Norway’s Hedegart in second and Desloges in third. USA’s Schumacher is in fourth. AIN’s Korostelev moves into second. Great Britain’s Musgrave and Italy’s Carollo are moving ahead. Norway’s Klaebo crosses the finish line and collapses on the snow-covered ground. Norway’s Amundsen crosses the finish line. Norway’s Hedegart crosses the finish line. Norway’s Johannes Klaebo wins Gold. France’s Mathis Desloges wins Silver. Norway’s Einar Hedegart wins Bronze. USA’s Schumacher comes in fourth place.

Drones are flying all over Milano, making calzone deliveries. These drones are similar to UC Irvine’s Bots, rolling around throughout the UCI campus, making food deliveries to UCI students.

Women’s Snowboarding Cross Semifinal: Four Snowboarders race–Australia’s Baff finishes first, followed by Czech’s Adamcyzkova. France’s Pereira and USA’s Thelen are out. The next four Snowboarders race. Italy’s Moioli finishes first, followed by Switzerland’s Wiedmer. France’s Casto finishes fourth and Austria’s Zerkhold finishes third. In the final round for medals, Australia’s Josie Baff wins Gold, Czech’s Eva Adamcyzkova wins Silver, Italy’s Michela Moioli wins Bronze, and Switzerland’s Noemie Wiedmer finishes fourth.

Men’s Halfpipe Final at Livigno Snow Park involves 3 Runs, but the best Run score will be used. During Run 1, USA’s Jake Pates is in first place, but USA’s Chase Josey, China’s Wang Z., Korea’s C. Lee, and Japan’s A. Hirano fall on their landing. USA’s A. Barbieri is in third place, while Japan’s R. Hirano moves into first place. Japan’s R. Yamada moves into first place and Japan’s Y. Totsuka moves into second place. Australia’s Scotty James falls on his landing. During Run 2, USA’s Josey is in sixth place and Korea’s C. Lee is in third place. China’s Wang Z. and New Zealand’s Campbell N. fall on their performance. Japan’s A. Hirano is in fourth place and Japan’s R. Hirano is in third place, but Australia’s V. Guseli falls on his landing. USA’s A. Barbiero falls back on his landing, getting a DNI. Japan’s R. Yamada falls and receives a DNI. Japan’s Y. Totsuka is in first place and Australia’s S. James scores second place position. During Run 3, USA’s Josey doesn’t do well. China’s Wang Z. is in seventh place and Korea’s Chaeun Lee is in fifth place score. New Zealand’s C. Melville Ives falls, which puts him in eleventh place and he receives a DNI. Japan’s A. Hirano falls, which puts him in sixth place and he receives a DNI. Australia’s V. Guseli is in fifth place, Japan’s R. Hirano is in fourth place, and Japan’s R. Yamada is in third place, but USA’s A. Barbieri falls. Japan’s Y. Totsuka falls and Australia’s Scotty James falls. Japan’s Y. Totsuka wins Gold, Australia’s Scotty James wins Silver, and Japan’s R. Yamada wins Bronze.

Men’s Figure Skating, Free Skate Final: Georgia’s Egadze is in first place. AIN’s Russian Petr Gumennik scores higher with his clean program, and moves into first place. Ukraine’s K. Marsak falls. Canada’s S. Gogolev is in second place. Japan’s Shun Sato is now in first place, which puts Guminnek in second and Egadze in third. USA’s A. Torgashev is in fifth. (He trains in Irvine, California at the Great Park rink. Figure Skater Maxim Naumov also trains in Irvine, California at the Great Park Rink.). France’s Kevin Aymoz scores in fifth place, while Korea’s Cha Jun-Hwan falls, but he is in second place. Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov is in first place, while Italy’s Danie Grassl is in sixth place. France’s Adam Siao HM-FA falls, which puts him in sixth place position. Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama falls, but he makes it into second place. USA’s Ilia Malinin falls a couple of times because of the Olympics pressure and atmosphere. He messed up in his program, which sadly puts him in eighth place. Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov wins Gold, Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama wins Silver, and Japan’s Shun Sato wins Bronze.

Saturday, February 14, 2026 is Valentine’s Day: The Winter Olympics Continues in heavy snowing, icy and slippery grounds, and athletes messing up and falling.

Women’s Biathlon, 7.5KM Sprint: Top skiers include Poland’s A. Maka, Ukraine’s Merkushyna, Poland’s Zuk, Czech’s Charvatova, Germany’s Preuss, Slovenia’s Klemencic, Norway’s Johansen, France, Slovakia’s Fialkova, Slovakia’s Kuzmina, Switzerland’s Meier, Slovania’s Lampic, and France’s Jeanmonnot. Italy’s Vitozzi and Finland move with the top skiers. Norway’s Maren Kirkeeide wins Gold, France’s Oceane Michelon wins Silver, and France’s Lou Jeanmonnot wins Bronze.

Men’s Giant Slalom: Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins Gold, Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt wins Silver, and Switzerland’s Loic Meillard wins Bronze.

Women’s Dual Moguls: USA’s Kauf beats Australia’s Bosco, USA’s Tess Johnson beats Japan’s Fujiki, Australia’s Jakara Anthony beats Canada’s Jess Linton, USA’s Giaccio beats Austria’s Carroll, Japan’s Tomitaka beats Kazakhstan’s Galysheva, USA’s Lemley beats Canada’s Koehler, France’s Laffont beats France’s Cabrol. During Final 1, Kazakhstan’s Gorodko and USA’s Lemley race. Gorodko falls and she is eliminated. Lemley moves on. In Final 2, France’s P. Laffont beats USA’s Tess Johnson.  Laffont moves on. In Final 3, Australia’s J. Anthony beats USA’s Giaccio. Jakara Anthony moves on. In Final 4, USA’s Lemley beats Japan’s Tomitaka because Tomitaka goes off track. In the Semifinal 1, USA’s Kauf beats France’s Laffont because Laffont falls. In Semifinal 2, Australia’s Jakara Anthony beats USA’s Lemley because Lemley falls. In the Final Race for Medals, USA’s Elizabeth Lemley beats France’s Laffont, and USA’s Elizabeth Lemley wins Bronze. USA’s Jaelin Kauf wins Silver, and Australia’s Jakara Anthony wins Gold.

Men’s 500M Speed Skating: USA’s Jordan Stolz wins Gold, Netherland’s Jenning De Boo wins Silver, and Canada’s Laurent Du Breuil wins Bronze.

Women’s Skeleton: Each woman lays on her stomach, on top of a small sled. It is similar to Luge, but in Luge, the woman lays on her back, on top of the sled. Austria’s Janine Flock has the lead fastest score. In the Final 4^th Run, Italy’s V. Margaglio has the fastest score. USA’s Mystique Ro now has the fastest score. Italy’s A. Fumagalli overtakes the fastest score. USA’s Kelly Curtis overtakes the fastest score. Brazil’s Nicole R. Silveira overtakes the fastest score. Great Britain’s Amelia Coltman overtakes the fastest score. Great Britain’s Freya Tarbit overtakes the fastest score. Belgium’s Kim Meylemans overtakes the fastest score. Great Britain’s Hannah Neise overtakes the fastest score. Germany’s Jacqueline Pfeifer wins Bronze, Germany’s Susanne Kreher wins Silver, and Austria’s 36-year-old Janine Flock wins Gold. She has been sliding for 27 years.

Women’s 4×7.5KM Relay Cross Country Skiing:  Three skiers fall, or crash, to the snow-covered ground, probably due to the raining and snowing, making the snow icy and slippery. Sweden, Italy, and Norway appear to be ahead of the group. But sometimes it is between Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland, and USA. Sweden’s Andersson falls down, loses a ski, and then realizes that her binding is broken. She needs a new ski. She looks for the tech guy and walks toward him, where he hands her a new ski and he takes the old broken one. She quickly puts on her new ski, and hurriedly skis back into the race to catch up with the rest. The tech guy falls down while walking back. Meanwhile, the top skiers in the race are now Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, USA, and Germany. The Swedish lead is now way back, trying to make up lost time, and it is still raining in Milano, creating icy and slippery conditions. Norway’s Simpson-Larson, Finland, Switzerland’s V. Ryytty, Sweden’s M. Kaelin, and Italy’s M. di Centa appear to be ahead. Sweden’s Karlsson suddenly takes over Italy, and Karlsson is now in fourth place. Poland slips and falls. Norway, Finland, Italy, and Sweden are now the top four skiers–Norway’s Heidi Weng, Finland’s J. Joensuu, Sweden’s J. Sundling, and Italy’s F. Cassol. During the Final Lap, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and USA are racing towards the finish line. Germany sneaks past USA. Norway’s Heidi Weng crosses the finish line first, and she wins Gold. Sweden’s Jonna Sundling crosses the finish line next to win Silver. Finland’s J. Joensuu crosses the finish line to win Bronze. Germany finishes the race in fourth, USA’s Jessie Diggins finishes the race in fifth, Italy in sixth, and Switzerland in seventh.

Women’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air—Run 2 and Run 3; The Top 12 Skiers will go to the Final: Seventeen-year-old Avery Krumme had switched her nationality from Canadian to America in order to compete under USA in the Olympics. But USA’s A. Krumme falls during her Run 2 program. USA’s Marin Hamill is in ninth place. New Zealand’s Ruby Star Andrews performed. Ukraine’s Kateryna Kotsar, Switzerland’s Giulia Tanno, Switzerland’s Anouk Adroska, Canada’s Elena Gaskell, and France’s Kim Zanella performed. New Zealand’s Sylvia Trotter falls. Italy’s Maria Gasslitter is in sixth place. Canada’s Skye Clarke performs, before USA’s 25-year-old Sandra falls. USA’s 24-year-old Grace Henderson performs. China’s Eileen Gu is in first place. China’s Liu Mengtong falls. Italy’s Flora Tabanelli is in 5^th. Canada’s Megan Oldham is now in first place position. Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir is in 4^th place, and she received DNI. Switzerland’s Mathilda Gremaud is in third place, and she received DNI. Finland’s Anni Karava is in fifth place, and she received a DNI. USA’s 24-year-old Harwood didn’t do well during her turn. China’s Ruyi Yang falls. Germany’s Muriel Mohr, USA’s Avery Krumme, and USA’s Marin Hamill performed. Ukraine’s Kateryna Kotsar falls and loses her skis. Switzerland’s Giulia Tanno is in 12^th place, Switzerland’s Anouk Adroska is in 12^th place, Canada’s Elena Gaskell is in 19^th place, France’s Kim Zanella is in 18^th place, New Zealand’s Sylvia Trotter is in 21^st place, and USA’s Grace Henderson performed.

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Men’s Short Track 1500M Final A:  The top three men in the race are Netherland, Latvia, and Korea. Netherland’s Jens van ‘tWout wins Gold, South Korea’s D.H. Hwang wins Silver, and R. Kruzbergs wins Bronze.

Women’s Speed Skating 500M Final:  Netherland’s Femke Kok wins Gold, Netherland’s Jutta Leerdam wins Silver, and Japan’s Miho Takagi wins Bronze.

Men’s Pursuit 12.5KM Biathlon: France’s E. Jacquelin, Sweden’s M. Ponsiluoma, and France’s E. Perrot are in the lead. Norway’s Laegreid moves into third place, and the top four skiers are now Sweden, Norway, Norway, and France. E. Perrot moves into third place, but Jacquelin takes over Perrot, and the top three are between Sweden, Norway, and France. Sweden’s Martin Ponsiluoma wins Gold, Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid wins Silver, and France’s Emilien Jacquelin wins Bronze. France’s Eric Perrot finishes in 4^th place, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen finishes in 5^th place, Norway’s Johannes Dale-Skjevdal finishes in 6^th place, France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet finishes in 7^th, and USA finishes in 8^th.

Mixed Team Skeleton: the women will race first, before the men will race. USA’s Kelly Curtis/Dan Barefoot scored in first place. But Denmark’s Johansen/ Vestergaard Johansen soon take over first place. China’s Lianng Y./Lin Q take over first place position. Italy’s V. Margaglio/M. Gaspari are in 5^th place. USA’s M.Ro/A. Florian are now in first place. Korea’s Hong S./Jung S. are in 4^th place. Italy’s A. Fumagalli/A. Bagnis are in first place. China’s Zhao Dan/Chen W. are now in 1^st place. Austria’s Janine Flock/S. Maier are in 5^th place. Great Britain’s F. Tarbit/M. Wyatt are in 1^st place position. In the Final Run, Great Britain’s T. Stoecker/M. Weston win Gold, Germany’s S. Kreher/A. Jungk win Silver, and German’s J. Lolling-Pfeifer/C. Grotheer win Bronze. Great Britain is in 4^th place, China is in 5^th place, Italy is in 6^th place, and USA is in 7^th place.

Men’s 4X 7.5KM Relay is a team-based event. Norway’s 29-year-old Johannes Hosflot Klaebo wins Gold for his Team, along with Martin Lowstrom Nyenget, Einar Hedegart, and Emil Iversen. France’s Victor Lovera wins Silver. Italy’s Federico Pellegrino, wins Bronze. Finland finishes in 4^th place.

Men’s Freestyle Skiing at Livigno Snow Park: During Run 1, Norway’s S. Schjerve doesn’t do well. Estonia’s H. Sildaru falls and loses his ski. USA’s K. Ralph is in 7^th place, Canada’s D. Deschamps is in 8^th place, and Switzerland’s F. Boesch is in 11^th place position. France’s T. Sivignon is in 2^nd place, but Canada’s E. McEachran falls and loses a ski. USA’s Forehand is in 1^st place position. USA’s Alex Hall is in 14^th position, before Sweden’s J. Tjader is also in 14^th position. Great Britain’s (Scotland) C. McCormick is in 17^th position. Switzerland’s Nils Rhyner performs before Finland’s E. Lajunen falls on his landing. It appears to be bad because he is still for a while, and a stretcher rushes to his side. But he eventually slowly gets up on his knees and holds up a thumbs up hand gesture, which is a good sign. France’s M. Roche is in 1^st, but Austria’s J. Forer is in 12^th, Sweden’s M. Nordqvist is in 7^th, Switzerland’s K. Gubser is in 13^th, and New Zealand’s Lucas Ball falls. In Run 3, M. Svancer is in first place, but Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli falls. USA’s Troy Podmilsak is in 2^nd and Elias Syrja in in 3^rd place. USA’s M. Forehand is now in 1^st place. Norway’s T. Frostad is in 5^th place. Italy’s M. Tabanelli falls. New Zealand’s Luca Harrington is in 3^rd, before Norway’s Birk Ruud moves into 3^rd place position. In Run 3, USA’s Alex Hall is in 15^th place. New Zealand’s B. Barclay and Norway’s S. Schjerve take their turn. Estonia’s H. Sildaru is in 23^rd place, while USA’s Konnor Ralph falls, which puts him into 9^th place. Canada’s D. Deschamps is in 7^th place and Switzerland’s F. Boesch is in 8^th place, while France’s T. Sivignon is in 4 place position. Canada’s E. McEachran falls, before Sweden’s J. Tjader and New Zealand’s L. Ball take their turn. Final Run for Medals will be on Tuesday, where the Top 12 Skiers will perform for Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Figure Skating Pairs Short Program: China’s Sui/Han has the highest score. Poland’s Chtchetinina/Wosniak is in 4^th place. Canada’s Pereira/Michaud is now in 1^st place position. Germany’s A. Hocke/R. Kunkel is in 4^th place and Great Britain’s Vaipan-Law/Digby is in 6^th place position. Hungary’s M. Pavlova/Sviatchenko is in 2^nd place. Italy’s Ghilardi/Ambrosini performs a fun and upbeat routine for Italy. USA’s E.Kam/Dan O’Shea is in 4^th place, but Canada’s 42-year-old Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps are in 10^th place because Stellato-Dudek falls. Georgia’s Metelkina/Berulava is in 1^st place now. Italy’s Conti/Macii is in 6^th and Japan’s Miura/Kihara is in 4^th place position. Germany’s Hase/Volodin take over first place. Germany’s Hocke/Kunkel is in 1^st place, but USA’s Chan/Howe take over 1^st place. Italy’s Conti/Macii is in 1^st place, and USA’s E. Kam/Danny O’Shea is in 3^rd place because Ellie falls. China’s Sui/Han is in 1^st place, but Japan’s Miura/Kihara takes over 1^st place position. Hungary’s Pavlova/Sviachenko is in 2^nd place, Canada’s Pereira/Michaud is in 6^th place, Georgia’s Metelkina/Berulava is in 2^nd place, and Germany’s Hase/Volodin is in 3^rd place position. Hence, Japan’s 24-year-old Riku Miura/33-year-old Ryuichi Kihara wins Gold, Georgia’s Anatasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava wins Silver, and Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin wins Bronze.

Men’s Dual Moguls in Freestyle Skiing Final: Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury wins Gold, Japan’s Ikuma Horishima, and Australia’s Matt Graham wins Bronze. Japan’s Takuya Shimakawa is in 4^th place.

Women’s Giant Slalom Alpine Skiing Final: During Run 1, Italy’s F. Brignone is in 1^st place, followed by Germany’s L. Duerr in second and Italy’s Sofia Goggia in third. During Run 2, Italy’s Federica Brignone wins Gold, Sweden’s Sara Hector wins Silver, and Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund wins Silver. Sweden and Norway Skiers tie for Silver Medal. I guess there isn’t any Bronze Medal winner for this race. USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin finishes in 11^th place and USA’s Paula Moltzan and USA’s Nina O’Brien trailed behind.

Men’s Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Final: In Run 1, Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen is in first place, followed by Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt in second and Switzerland’s Loic Meillard in third. In Run 2, Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen wins Gold, Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt wins Silver, and Switzerland’s Loic Meillard wins Bronze.

Monday, February 16, 2026: Harsh winter conditions in Milano lead to sudden changes and cancellations. Meanwhile, in Irvine, California, where I watch the Olympics inside my warm townhouse, rain continues in my area during different hours, creating flash floods at some areas as well as visibility issues.

Women’s Short Track 1000M Final A: Canada’s Sarault, Italy’s Fontana, and Netherland’s Velzeboer are in the lead. Velzeboer takes over Sarault into first place and Kim takes over Fontana into third place. 24-year-old Xander Velzeboer wins Gold. Courtney Sarault wins Silver.  South Korea’s 21-year-old Kim Gil-li wins Bronze.

In Hockey. USA beats Swede, 5 to 0.

Women’s Mono-bobsled Run 3: Germany’s Nolte is in 1^st place, Germany’s Buckwitz is 4^th place, Australia’s Bree Walker is in 7^th place, France’s M. Boch is in 10^th place, China’s Ying Q. is in 11^th place, USA’s Taylor is in 2^nd place, USA’s Humphries is in 3^rd place, and there is another USA bobsledder in fifth place position. Great Britain’s Nicoll is in 11^th, Switzerland’s Annen is in 13^th place, Jamaica’s M. Moore is in 14^th place, and Germany’s Kalicki is in 15^th place. During Run 4, Switzerland’s Annen is in 1^st place, China’s Ying Q. is in 2^nd place, and France’s M. Boch is in 1^st place. Denmark’s Voigt is now in first place, but Australia’s Bree Walker takes over 1^st place position. Switzerland’s M. Hasler is now in 1^st place, Canada’s M. Lotholz is in 2^nd place, USA’s 28-year-old Kaysha Love is in 3^rd place position. Germany’s Buckwitz is now in 1^st place, USA’s Kaillie Humphries is in 1^st place, USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor is in 1^st place, and Germany’s Laura Nolte is in 2^nd place position. Hence, USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor wins Gold, Germany’s Laura Nolte wins Silver, and USA’s Kaillie Humphries wins Bronze.

Men’s Super Team, Ski Jumping at Predazzo: USA’s Nolta is in 1^st place, France’s V. Foubert is in 4^th place, and Switzerland’s G. Deschwanden performs the longest jump thus far, and he is in 1^st place position. Finland’s N. Kytoesaho is in 2^nd place and Poland’s K. Tomasiak is in 1^st place. Norway’s K. Sundal is in 2^nd place, Germany’s P. Raimund is in 2^nd place, and Japan’s Kobayashi is in 3^rd place position. Slovenia’s D. Prevc is in 1^st place, Austria’s S. Embacher is in 1^st place, and Austria’s J. Hoerl is in 1^st place position. During Run 3, Kazakhstan’s I. Myzernykh is in 1^st place, Italy’s A. Insam takes over 1^st place, USA’s T. Frantz takes over 1^st place, France’s V. Foubert takes over 1^st place, and Switzerland’s Deschwanden is now in 1^st place. Finland’s Kytoesaho is in 3^rd place, Poland’s Tomasiak is in 1^st place, Norway’s Sundal is in 2^nd place, Germany’s Raimund is in 3^rd place, Japan’s Kobayashi is in 4^th place, Slovenia’s Prevc is in 4^th place, and Austria’s Embacher is in 1^st place position. USA’s Bickner is in 1^st place, Switzerland’s Trunz takes over 1^st place, and Japan’s Nikaido takes over 1^st place position. But Slovenia’s A. Lanisek is in 2^nd place, Germany’s A. Wellinger is in 2^nd place, Norway’s Forfang is in 2^nd place, and Poland’s Wasek is in 3^rd place. Austria’s Hoerl is now in 1^st place, but USA’s Frantz takes over 1^st place, Switzerland’s Deswanden takes over 1^st place, and Slovenia’s Prevc takes over 1^st place position. After Germany’s Raimund, Poland’s Tomasiak, and Norway’s Sundal perform, the weather starts to snow hard, impairing visibility and performance. The snow-covered slope is now icy and slippery in this sudden snowstorm. The third round is cancelled because of weather conditions and the young skiers’ safety. Hence, the scores will depend on the first and second rounds. Austria’s Jan Hoerl and Stephan Embacher win Gold, Poland’s Pawel Wasek and Kacper Tomasiak win Silver, and Norway’s Johann Andre Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal win Bronze. Germany’s Philipp Raimund and Andreas Wellinger are in 4^th place. Slovenia’s Domen Prevc and Anze Lanisek are in 5^th place.

Men’s Olympic Slalom: During Run 2, Norway’s E. H. Solberg is in 1^st place, but Switzerland’s Tanguy Nef takes over 1^st place. France’s Clement Noel crashes into a vertical hairpin. Austria’s Marco Shwarz didn’t do well. Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen is now in 1^st place and Norway’s Timon Haugan is in 2^nd place. Belgium’s Armand Marchant is in 2^nd place. Austria’s Fabio Gstrein scores 1^st place. Switzerland’s Loic Meillard also scores 1^st place position. Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath messes up. Hence, Switzerland’s 29-year-old Loic Meillard wins Gold, Austria’s Fabio Gstrein wins Silver, and Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen wins Bronze. Norway’s Timon Haugan is in 4^th place, and Belgium’s Armand Marchant is in 5^th place.