LIVIGNO, Italy – The freeski women’s halfpipe, which was set for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern, has been postponed until Sunday after a continuous snowstorm extended into the evening, making the halfpipe unsafe for competition.
The event is now slated to take place Sunday at 10:40 ET.
This event is the last chance for Eileen Gu, the American-born freeskier who represents China, to leave the Milan Cortina Olympics with a gold medal. She won silver in both slopestyle and big air, but the halfpipe — where she won gold in Beijing for years ago — is her favorite event.
The 12-person field for the finals includes two Americans, Kate Gray and Svea Irving, but ironically one of the top contenders to beat Gu is another American-born athlete who represents another country.
Zoe Atkin, who was born in Massachusetts while her parents (one from Malaysia, one from England) were working in the U.S., competes for Great Britian. She won the gold medal at the world championships last year and, like Gu, attends Stanford.