Heavy snow on Blackcomb Mountain postponed the men's super-combined race and called off women's downhill training.
Fog and rain over on Cypress Mountain delayed the women's snowboardcross event and shortened training for men's and women's halfpipe.
The day also brought with it melting ice at the speedskating rink, when the resurfacing machine broke down, and upset spectators at the snowboarding venue as hay bail setting collapsed under melting layers of trucked-in snow.
The weather has been so mild that locals have jokingly called it the Vancouver Summer Olympics.
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New Zealand cross country skier Katie Calder has placed 63rd in a field of 78 in the women's 10k freestyle event. She finished 3min 52sec behind Swedish winner Charlotte Kalla.
In other news, Ben Koons has been banned from starting two of his Winter Olympic events after he failed a haemoglobin test due to a combination of altitude training and dehydration. Koons is at his first Olympics and will need to pass a fresh test before he can be cleared to compete in the 30km pursuit on February 20 and the 50km mass start classic on February 28.
Dry weather is forecast for the next three days – the challenge now for organisers is rescheduling postponed events.
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