OLYMPICS: Freestyle-Halfpipe, aerials events postponed due to heavy snow

Heavy snowfall in Livigno delays Winter Olympics freestyle skiing events, with men's aerials and halfpipe competitions rescheduled and women's events under review.

Reuters

February 19, 2026

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Snowboard - Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Final - Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy - February 12, 2026. Gaon Choi of South Korea crashes during her first round of Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Final.

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The Winter Olympics freestyle skiing halfpipe and aerials events were called off on Thursday and moved to the following day due to heavy snow in Livigno.

The men's aerials qualifiers and final were rescheduled for Friday starting from 0930 GMT, while the schedule for the men's halfpipe qualification runs had yet to be confirmed.

The schedule for Thursday still includes women's halfpipe qualifiers in the evening, with officials saying a decision would be made later in the day on whether to postpone them.

It is not the first time that harsh weather has forced changes to the Olympics schedule in Livigno, a remote alpine resort close to the border with Switzerland known as "Little Tibet".

On Tuesday, organisers postponed the women's snowboard slopestyle medal event and the start of the freestyle aerials for both men and women.

-Reporting by Alvise Armellini; Editing by Peter Rutherford/Reuters