Gusts of bone-chilling wind and hard, man-made snow have made it tough for athletes at the Beijing Olympics, with even veteran snowboarders complaining about the conditions on Saturday.
The air temperature dropped to -20.4 degree Celsius at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou right before the start of Saturday's slopestyle qualifiers for women, the bone-chilling wind leaving many volunteers with frozen eyelashes.
American Anderson added that the wind would not necessarily blow the boarders off course but it "just kind of scares you", while the man-made snow was not the most enjoyable to ride. "That was pretty gnarly so I'm happy to be walking away in one piece," said American Hailey Langland after she completed her second run.
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