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UPDATE: The Olympics announced a new start time for the women's event, which will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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For the second straight day heavy snow interrupted the Winter Olympics schedule in the Italian town of Livigno as officials were forced to postpone both the women's snowboard slopestyle medal event and the start of the freestyle aerials.
On Monday, the Olympics made the controversial decision to cancel the rest of the men's super team ski jumping event after two rounds. Just a day later they decided to call off three separate events, scheduling them for either later Tuesday or a completely different day.
The Women's aerials qualifications were rescheduled for just a bit later in the morning allowing for a few practice runs before the event was also canceled.
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Two American women, Jessica Perlmutter and 16-year-old Lily Dhawornvej, qualified for the women's snowboard slopestyle final and were expected to compete for a medal this morning. However, the weather had other plans and both riders will have to wait for an undetermined amount of time.
"Women's snowboard slopestyle finals have been postponed. We will provide updates as they become available!" the United States Ski and Snowboard Team account said on social media.
The CBC reported the women's snowboard slopestyle will kick off tomorrow, Feb. 18, though a time has not been announced.
"Women's snowboard slopestyle final will now go ahead tomorrow, although no start time yet The only event left on Livigno's schedule today is the men's freeski big air final, slated for 1:30pm ET, weather permitting If needed, there are open days at Livigno Snow Park Thursday through Sunday," it said.
New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, the defending Olympic gold medalist and reigning world champion, is the favorite for the slopestyle final after earning top marks in qualifying.
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