Fog Bumps Sochi SBX
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Feb. 17) – Thick fog obscured the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park Monday, forcing officials to move the men’s snowboardcross event of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games to Tuesday morning. The seeding round has been canceled and the final round will be seeded according to FIS points. The event kicks off at 1:30 a.m. EST and can be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Thick fog obscured the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park Monday, forcing officials to move the men’s snowboardcross event of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games to Tuesday morning.
- The seeding round has been canceled and the final round will be seeded according to FIS points.
- Starters for Team USA include Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA), Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI), Alex Deibold (Manchester Center, VT) and Trevor Jacob (Mammoth Lakes, CA).
- The event kicks off at 1:30 a.m. EST and can be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com.
QUOTES
Nate Holland
I’m cool with the delay. We want to figure out who the fastest man is at the Olympics for that gold medal, and when you take the visibility away some screwy stuff can happen. So hopefully we get some sunshine tomorrow and I’ll be ready then. It was just a dress rehearsal today and I felt comfortable. I was ready to go today if I had to. I’ve done my homework. I know the ins and outs of this course. I’ll be ready to fire tomorrow.
Nick Baumgartner
I can’t change the weather. Stressing about it is not going to change it, so I just hope tomorrow is going to be a good day and we can get it done. If not then I hope the next day or the next day we get it done.
