Beijing Olympics: Wind creates a full-blown mess on Saturday
BEIJING — Olympic organizers closed the ski slopes, then shortened the cross-country course by 40%. With the Winter Games whipping toward their finish, Mother Nature swirled up something fierce in the mountains around Beijing on Saturday. The men’s 50-kilometer cross-country ski race, meanwhile, was delayed and then trimmed to 30 kilometers. China got its ninth gold medal at the Beijing Games, nearly double its previous Winter Olympic best of five. THREE-PEATIrene Schouten of the Netherlands captured her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, chasing down Canada’s Ivanie Blondin to win the women’s mass start.
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