Toby Kane, one of Australia's brightest Paralympic medal chances, will not ski the course he is racing on until the day of competition.
The downhill standing class training session was rescheduled because of fog and heavy snow at the Whistler Creek venue on Friday, meaning below knee amputee Kane will have to wait until Saturday morning to ski the course, before going for gold on Saturday afternoon.
Under Paralympic rules, skiers must have one official training run before competing on a course.
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Australian Paralympic Head Coach Steve Graham said the weather had not dampened the team's mood.
"Whatever the conditions, we think we've got things covered," he said.
Graham said he didn't regret sending the team to the World Cup meet at Aspen last week, unlike the Canadians who skipped the event in lieu of more training.
"Given what the conditions are now, if I was able to go back and do our preparations again, I wouldn't change a thing," he said.
Kane, who will carry the Australian flag in the Opening Ceremony on Friday night, remained philosophical about his training being rescheduled for a third time.
"It's a very big part of our sport - waiting around, weather delays," he said.
"There's not a hell of a lot you can do. You just have to take it in stride.
"Obviously we want to run, but we know the organisers are doing the best they can."
The Australian team had seen the fog and heavy snow that played events during the Olympics and trained accordingly, Graham said.
"Conditions are very much like Australia, actually," he said.
"We watched the Olympics when we were at our staging camp at Colorado, and we saw how the conditions fluctuated.
"So it actually allowed us to focus a little bit more on dealing with whatever conditions we were dealt with.
"Fortunately we had snow falls most days down there, so we were able to prepare like we can for these kinds of conditions."
Visually impaired skier Bart Bunting expressed his frustration at having his Thursday training session interrupted.
"There was a lot of pent up energy," he said.
"Everyone was getting a bit silly. There's not much to do except get cold."
