The event, originally scheduled for 11 a.m. local time, was postponed three times before being canceled for "safety and fairness" reasons.
A new date will be communicated "soon".
The Yanqing tracks host events every day until next Saturday, alternating technical races for women (with the giant on Monday) and speed then alpine combined for men.
From the team captains' meeting on Saturday evening, the director of men's races for the International Ski Federation (FIS), Markus Waldner, had warned that it would be necessary to "play with the wind" for the queen stage of speed.
On Saturday, the FIS had already had to cancel the third downhill training after the passage of three competitors due to violent gusts, particularly dangerous on the jumps of the second section of the track.
Volunteers walk past a screen announcing the postponement of the Beijing Olympics downhill on February 6, 2022 Joe KLAMAR AFP
"On the jumps, I traveled sixty meters," said Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, world No. 1 in the specialty, describing a wind coming "from all directions" and particularly "difficult to control".
In these conditions, the best downhillers had opted for high bibs during the draw, betting on a decrease in the wind over the course of the event.
Kilde must start in 11th position and the Swiss Beat Feuz, best downhiller of the last four seasons and bronze medalist at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, will start in thirteenth.
Swiss prodigy Marco Odermatt, who is leading the big globe race, took bib No. 17 and French veteran Johan Clarey, recent second in the Kitzbühel downhill at 41, took No. 19.
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