Press Release, Olympic Winter Games
14 Feb 2022
Schedule Change: Men 4 x 7.5km Relay Beijing
With temperatures forecast to drop below -15°C (feeling like -20°C) in the late afternoon at the National Biathlon Centre in Beijing, the Men 4 x 7.5km Relay at the Olympic Winter Games has been advanced to take place earlier on the same day.
New start time for tomorrow, 15 February 2022:
14:30 (Beijing)
09:30 (Moscow)
07:30 (Central Europe)
01:30 (New York)
IBU World Cup Race Director Borut Nunar said after BOCOG and the IOC announced the new times:
“The weather forecast for the original start time announces temperatures to drop below -15 C which according to the IBU rules endangers the conduction of the competition. By advancing the start time by two and a half hours we hope to avoid these cold temperatures and hold the competitions in fair and safe conditions for our athletes.”
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