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How much influence does the weather have on the Winter Olympics?

Winter sports have strict requirements on the climate, including visibility, snow temperature, snow quality, etc., which have different degrees of influence on the competition. For example, freestyle aerial skills require the average wind speed to be less than 3m/s during the competition 1 min. ..

The Meteorological Center of Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics was established in October/October/July, and the 100-meter live broadcast products in the Winter Olympic Games area have also been put into use, which can effectively meet the refined needs of meteorological service guarantee in the Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics influenced by weather in history

1, 1924, First Winter Olympics, Chamonix, France.

The weather conditions are ideal, but this time, the skating speed of 1500m caused by the melting of the sun was postponed.

2. 1928, Second Winter Olympic Games, St Moritz, Switzerland.

During the game, the weather was bad, and a snowstorm struck at the opening ceremony, overturning the guardrail of the hockey field; The snowstorm continued the next day, leading to the postponement of ice hockey, speed skating, alpine skiing, nordic combined and other events; On the third day, the temperature suddenly climbed to 10℃, and it began to rain, which caused the ice and snow to thaw and all scheduled activities were cancelled. It didn't return to normal until the fourth day.

3. 1932, Third Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, USA.

Because many events in the last Winter Olympics were postponed due to the weather, indoor competition venues were set up for the first time in this Winter Olympics. Even so, the bad weather delayed the men's double snowmobile, men's four-person snowmobile, 10000 meter speed skating preliminaries and 50 km cross-country skiing.

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