An Olympic Ski Race Is Blown 4 Days Off Course, but Onto a TV-Friendly Path

Wind whipped the flags at the entrance to the Olympic Alpine center on Sunday.PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The men’s Olympic downhill ski event was postponed from Sunday to Thursday because of high winds that were expected to continue for about a day and a half.

The severe conditions caused organizers to shuffle other parts of the Alpine skiing schedule. The men’s super-G, which had been scheduled for Thursday, was moved to Friday.

There were reasons besides the forecast for moving the men’s downhill four days later in the week. It allowed Olympic organizers to preserve part of the schedule that featured two prominent women’s Alpine races, the giant slalom and slalom. They are set for early…