It is so cold at the Winter Olympics, skiers are being forced to throw away their expensive skis after practice runs

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• Coaches threw away skis after Wednesday's practice runs at the Winter Olympics.
• When the temperature gets so cold, the snow crystals form sharp edges and ruin the bottom of the skis.
• Temperatures during the practice runs in the morning were in the single digits Fahrenheit.
• Six people were recently treated for hypothermia during a concert held at the stadium that will be used for the opening ceremony on Friday.

The skiing events at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have not started yet, but the brutally cold weather is already having an adverse effect on the skiers — they are being forced to throw away their skis after practice runs.

A course worker at the Winter Olympics told Rory Carroll of Reuters that coaches are throwing skis away after their practice runs on Wednesday.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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