Women's big air final rescheduled due to concerns over strong winds

The women's big air final at the Pyeongchang Olympics has been rescheduled to Thursday because of expected strong winds on Friday.

The snowboarding competition sends racers down a 160-foot-long (50-meter) ramp to vault off a huge kicker and travel up to 100 feet (30 meters) below for the landing.

It made its debut at the Olympics on Monday.

The slopestyle competition at the Pyeongchang Games was raced last week in strong winds, and almost every rider agreed it should not have been held then. Snowboarders in that event completed only nine of the 50 runs without a fall.

Wind has been a persistent problem in Pyeongchang and forced three of the first four Alpine ski events to be postponed.

Last week, winds howled through the Olympic Park, and the area was evacuated.