Source : ABC NEWS
The swimming and snowboarding scene in Livigno abruptly stopped on Monday for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.  ,
As more than a centimeter of the white thing settled lightly over the city, this postcard-perfect valley, currently magical in its beauty, was transformed into a white paradise.
Following a fantastic trip of American medal-winning performances, a slower, calmer morning was perhaps the best choice for everyone. The comfort of the snowfall was provided.
The mountains, that ring Livigno, normally so clear and dominant, were obscured. (ABC Sport: Simon Smale)
Organisers had also made plans for this.
In order to prepare for the sweltering conditions, both the men’s and women’s ski slopestyle certification heats were moved one moment earlier.
The men’s racing competitors in Bormeo, which is located a little over 40 kilometers away, did, in fact, go as planned, even though 53 of the 95 beginners did not finish with three further disqualifications.  ,
49 of those DNFs occurred in the first round, including large slalom gold medalist Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, whose president after that first round, Atle Lie McGrath, crashed out in the next round.
Shannon Abeda said conditions were to blame for the high number of DNFs in the slalom. (Getty Images: Dustin Satloff)
” I wouldn’t suggest that the program is itself,” he said. Shannon Abeda, an Eritrean journalist, said,” It’s the circumstances.”  ,
” Then everyone is pushing the series,” the slalomist says.
Snow sport activities are remarkably frequently delayed and canceled, as witnessed by the 2022 Beijing Games when snowstorms temporarily halted play in the mountain location of Zhangjiakou.  ,
No everyone found it pleasing to move the freeski finals.
Chinese skier Eileen Gu was disappointed that she had to miss a halfpipe program because it had been moved to the same moment as her huge air last.
Making finals in one event shouldn’t hurt me in another, Gu wrote on Instagram,” Daring to be the only woman to compete in three events shouldn’t be penalized.”  ,
What kind of information does this convey to potential skiers who are passionate about riding and want to engage in every sport? I’m saddened by the radical stance FIS has taken because this was a completely unexpected problem.
This is what happens in Livigno, it snows. Sometimes, a lot. (Getty Images: PA Images/David Davies)
People just accepted the shift.
After qualifying, New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synott, who was born in Sydney, said,” I was really stressed when I found out that they were going to bring behavior a day ahead.”
” But our game brings those modifications.”  ,
We deal with the wind a lot, so we simply had to deal with it. I’m so happy that we had fine weather to walk in, once more.
It was obvious why as winter poured from the clouds all day on Monday.
This amount of inclementity is not uncommon and results in one of Livigno’s most peculiar characteristics.
Although Livigno is now a tourist destination both during the summertime and the spring, its isolation from the rest of the world contributed to its poverty in the past.
Just two roads are available between Livigno and the airport: one through the stunning Foscagno Pass and the other through the Munt la Schera Tunnel, which leads to Italy and Switzerland. The other is only accessible during the summertime, via the Forcola di Livigno.
Snow piled up precariously on paths around the town. (ABC Sport: Simon Smale)
The Austrian Empire gave Livigno a special tax position as a result, a position it nevertheless enjoys under Roman rule.
It implies that there is no value added tax on some consumer products, including alcohol, but that income tax is still collected, which makes it a tax shelter.
This implies that you will likely pass through a conventions station when you leave Livigno.
As the winter fell, the gorgeous hills surrounding the village were entirely obscured by the low sky, making accessibility extremely low around the river.
Numerous holidaymakers and fans from Livigno braved the elements, growing its people from a non-peak of 7, 000 to over 30, 000.
And that was probably the most logical way to travel at all.
Conditions were extremely perilous for those who did opportunity outside without appropriate footwear.
Snow on the main street in Livigno during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. (ABC Sport: Simon Smale)
Compacted winter made the ground soft and uncertain, and
The troops of large trucks whizzing around the snowy streets, clearing a way for the locals, was undoubtedly more risky.
By accumulating snow in huge piles, which were hauled away by trucks, various machines and men contributed.
With its 1,800m of altitude, Livigno has become a top destination for experience sports, making it a top destination for many world tour cyclists. ABC Sport is informed that Asian Michael Matthews had a house below and often visited the neighborhood specialised coffee shops.
However, Livigno continues to make snowfall even in the summer.
Amazingly, the city hosts a 1 km cross-country ski jump up the town’s center in the middle of August, the city’s busiest time of the year.
Cross country skiing even takes place in summer in Livigno, thanks to a snow farm. (Supplied: Livigno.eu)
How?
Well, according to Livigno officials, snow is kept in a so-called winter farm in the village’s core plain.
To thermally shield the snow, it is covered with plates of sand, followed by a geo-textile strip to reveal the sun’s rays.
There was so much snow that it was impossible to slide down the main street today, whether it was in ski or shoes.
And it didn’t get a problem when the women’s freeski big air competition at the Livigno Snow Park’s Livigno Snow Park will resume now.
