Winter Olympics descends into chaos because of REAL SNOW as Beijing hit by unexpected blizzard with events being KO’d
SURPRISE real snow plunged the Winter Olympics into disarray.
Beijing suffered an unexpected blizzard after being criticised as the first hosts to use only fake snow.
The Chinese capital usually gets only one inch of the genuine white stuff per winter month.
But several inches fell inside 24 hours, disrupting and delaying events.
British medal hopeful Kirsty Muir was among those affected as the slopestyle skiing was put off until Monday.
And took drastic action in response to the shock deluge.
The women’s slopestyle skiing qualifiers at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou were initially held up but then moved back a day.
Scot Muir, 17, the youngest Brit at the Games, is targeting a podium place after coming fifth in a dramatic ski big air last Tuesday.
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Sheffield's Katie Summerhayes, 26, will join her in the event.
The second day of the women’s downhill practise at the National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing also fell victim to the storm.
The snow added layers to the artificial material and left the course too dangerous.
On top of that, the blizzard made it difficult for competitors to see clearly.
The men’s giant slalom did go ahead, though.
And the International Olympic Committee called in 'thousands of staff' to help clear snow from all the courses.
