Heavy snow and wind forced cancellation of the men's and women's downhill training run scheduled for Friday at Snowbasin. Women's downhill training, originally set for 10 a.m., was moved to noon and officials were optimistic they would be able to get the first women's training run in. But continuing wind and snow forced a cancellation.

The fast-moving snow squall moved in before dawn. The U.S. women's alpine team had left its lodging for the mountain shortly after 7 a.m. before being called back. The team then headed back shortly after 8 a.m. for course inspection. At the start of inspection at 10 a.m. it was clear that conditions were not going to change, and officials cancelled the training. The athletes did get a chance to inspect the course, and will be back in training today.

The original schedule for today was the third and final men's training run at 10:00 a.m., with the women at 1:00 p.m.

Sunday's men's downhill will feature Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl, CA), Jake Fiala (Frisco, CO), Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) and Scott Macartney (Redmond, WA).

— Courtesy, US Ski and Snowboard Association