On a rainy Saturday morning, the women's 4x7.5 km relay event at Val di Fiemme faced tough weather conditions, marking the first significant rainfall during the Olympic events. Forecasts suggested that the rain could turn into snow later in the day; however, this was dismissed by Finnish support staff, indicating that only rain would fall during the competition. Team members Johanna Matintalo and Kerttu Niskanen pondered the possibility of using specially designed CustomSkin skis, but the support staff believed the wet conditions would render such skis ineffective. They did not anticipate any snow covering the tracks, meaning the athletes would have to compete under damp and heavy conditions.