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As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca — those are the words and phrases that allow folks from various places to communicate in a shared language. This helps Olympic ski racers better understand the conditions they are competing under. For example, ‘grippy’ is used to describe snow that really grabs at your edges. That makes it easier for them to make the turns they want. The expressions come from English but they are used by racers and coaches from all over the world. More than 80 countries are represented in Alpine skiing at the Beijing Games.

BEIJING (AP) — American skier Tommy Ford thought the cascading wall of large white flakes during the first snowy Alpine race of the Beijing Olympics left the slope for Sunday’s giant slalom with a handful of “grippier” spots and “a little chatter here and there.”

Various and detailed measures have been made by organizers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on monitoring the weather, offering warm-up venues and logistics support to ensure the safety of athletes and smooth races especially in possible extreme weather. However, criticizing the Beijing Olympics for being

Referees postponed the men's downhill alpine ski event after officials decided high winds at the Yanqing course posed a safety risk. This comes after multiple days of practice cancellations.

Referees postponed the men's downhill alpine ski event after officials decided high winds at the Yanqing course posed a safety risk. This comes after multiple days of practice cancellations.