There Is Finally Some Winter Weather In Sochi And It's Awesome

The first week of the Winter Olympics in Sochi was plagued by a heat wave with temperatures in the 60s that made the games look more like the Summer Olympics.

Well, day 12 finally brought winter-like conditions in which some events were held in heavy snowfall. Those events produced some amazing photos.

The heaviest snowfall came during the freestyle skiing halfpipe event.

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It created havoc for some of the skiers.

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But also led to some cool images.

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There was also snow during the men's biathlon.

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Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic celebrated his bronze medal finish in the snow.

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There was also a light snow during the women's giant slalom.

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Now it feels like a Winter Olympics.

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