The men’s Olympic 50 kilometre cross country ski race later Saturday has been pushed back one hour and shortened to 30km due to adverse weather. “Due to strong winds and the resulting conditions on course, the distance of the originally planned 50km will be shortened to 30km. The decision was taken in regards to the athletes safety, to reduce the time of exposure of athletes in those conditions,” the ruling body FIS said. The new start time was 3pm local time (0700 GMT). German coach Peter Schlickenrieder welcomed the decision, telling broadcasters ZDF that this was in the interest of “the hea…