1ST LEAD Dahlmeier doubles up as organizers face Pyeongchang weather challenge By Barry Whelan, dpa

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Germany biathlon queen Laura Dahlmeier became the first woman to complete a sprint and pursuit double at a single Olympics on Monday while Pyeongchang organizers continued to battle the weather.Dahlmeier easily won the 10-kilometre pursuit for her second gold of the Games but though the windy conditions made shooting difficult, they made competition elsewhere impossible.The woman‘s giant slalom race at Yongpyong alpine centre was rescheduled to Thursday, when a postponed men‘s downhill will also be held at the Jeongseon venue.Meanwhile, international ski federation the FIS said the women‘s snowboard slopestyle final was "within the boundaries to stage the competition safely" although conditions were "challenging" for competitors.International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach is unconcerned by wind and freezing temperatures impacting the programme."It is outdoor sports, that‘s what the federations are telling us every day when we ask them what to do," Bach told dpa. "They are very relaxed, that‘s why we are also relaxed."The 64-year-old Bach - who won his 1976 Olympic gold in the warmer, indoor sport of fencing - also revealed his plan for beating the cold."You have no choice other than to put on three or four layers, a couple of pairs of socks, pull the hat over the face and put the hands, with gloves on, in the trouser pockets," he said. "And then it‘s fine."Jamie Anderson of the United States won back-to-back gold medals with victory in the slopestyle final which was both delayed and cut to two runs rather than three.But the sporting star of the day was undeniably 24-year-old Dahlmeier, who missed just one of 20 shots to cruise clear in the biathlon sprint."I felt really comfortable at the range," she said. "I looked at my targets and it just worked."France‘s Martin Fourcade bounced back from a poor sprint result to retain his men‘s biathlon pursuit gold and Canada won the team event in figure skating, four years after a disappointing defeat in Sochi."I think we had a sour taste in our mouth since Sochi," said ice dancer Scott Moir. "We wanted this medal for four years. It feels great."There was further Canadian success in the freestyle skiing men‘s moguls as Mikael Kingsbury triumphed after taking silver at Sochi 2014.Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the women‘s 1,500m speed skating to become the first speed skater to win 10 Olympic medals and women‘s ski-jumping on the normal hill went to Norway‘s Maren Lundby.The unified Korean women‘s ice-hockey team was also back in action against Sweden but were outclassed 8-0 and eliminated from the competition with a game to spare.Competitors in all disciplines have continued to avoid a norovirus outbreak, which organizers said had now affected 194 people mainly staying at a youth centre.