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Heavy fog postpones Olympic events

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — The Olympic men’s snowboardcross was postponed Monday because of fog. A new date and time have not been set.

Officials pushed back the race in the early afternoon after a heavy fog blanketing Rosa Khutor Extreme Park failed to lift.

The postponement came after officials scrubbed the seeding runs originally set for 10 a.m. local time. The expected 1:30 p.m. start of the elimination rounds came and went with visibility still low.

“I called it as soon as I got here, that there would be bad weather on the day I race,” Australian snowboardcross racer Jarryd Hughes said. “It can’t stay sunny the whole time for that long.”

There are no medal events scheduled for the course Tuesday or Wednesday, though the course was to be available for skicross training.

Men’s and women’s parallel giant slalom, which is held alongside the snowboardcross course, are scheduled for Wednesday.

The postponement is the second of the games. Officials pushed back the men’s 15-kilometer mass-start biathlon race from Sunday to Monday and then again from Monday to Tuesday because of fog.

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Coaches walk along the gun range as the race is delayed due to fog and poor visablity at the Men's 15 km Mass Start during day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.Getty Images
Heavy fog engulfs the starting gates of the Men's Snowboard Cross at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics.Getty Images
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Men's Snowboard Cross athletes gather to hear the jury's decision to cancel the competition due to heavy fog during the Sochi Winter Olympics.Getty Images
Coaches walk along the gun range as the race is delayed due to fog and poor visablity at the Men's 15 km Mass Start during day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.Getty Images
A coach walks down a tunnel as the race is delayed due to fog and poor visablity at the Men's 15 km Mass Start during day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.Getty Images
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Fog shrouds a person riding on a chair lift before the Men's Snowboard Cross Finals at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.EPA
Volunteer Evgeniya Fedorova stands in heavy fog outside the Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics.AP
An athlete during his training session in heavy fog at the Laura Cross Country Skiing Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.EPA
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Spectator in the tribune during a delay prior to the Men's Biathlon 15km competition at Laura Biathlon Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.EPA
Spectators walk in a tunnel leading to the venue during a delay prior to the Men's Biathlon 15km competition at Laura Biathlon Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.EPA
A course worker at the shooting range during a delay prior to the Men's Biathlon 15km competition at Laura Biathlon Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.EPA
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Italy's Tommaso Leoni leaves the course after the jury's decision to cancel the Men's Snowboard Cross competition due to heavy fog during the Sochi Winter Olympics.Getty Images
Spectators take ski-lifts at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park after the jury's decision to cancel the Men's Snowboard Cross competition due to heavy fog during the Sochi Winter Olympics.Getty Images
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