News of the day
Today in Seefeld (AUT) the Austrian police detained five cross-country athletes during a surprise raid “razzia” under their national laws relating to doping. The athletes are from Austria, Estonia and Kazakhstan.
News of the day
Welcome to my favourite time of the year, when skiing and snowboarding take centre stage and the FIS World Championships dominate the news and airwaves, bringing our sport into the spotlight and closer to the world.
News of the day
With the turn of the calendar to October and the clocks adjusted to winter time, along with the conclusion of the Southern Hemisphere season and the autumn chill in the air, it can only mean that it is time for us to turn our attention to the start of the FIS World Cup seasons.
News of the day
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published its 2017 Annual Report, which outlines the Agency’s achievements that have led to a strengthened WADA and global anti-doping system.
Around the world
Sustainable future for World Championship 2019 venues in Seefeld
Sporting venues and facilities are a key resource for sports enthusiasts, from amateurs to professionals.
Schmidhofer wins first-ever crystal globe as Puchner takes Finals downhill win
In the final downhill race of the winter for the ladies at Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND), the Austrians continued their dominance that categorized the 2018/19 speed season.
YOG 2020: Virginie Faivre shares her passion for skiing with 300 local school children
Triple Freestyle Ski World Champion, Olympian and President of the Lausanne 2020 Organising Committee Virginie Faivre was the most qualified person on the mountain to guide and introduce 300 school children from the Lausanne area to the sport of skiing.
FIS News
Hand-over of Crans-Montana 2025 candidacy
On Tuesday afternoon, a delegation of Swiss-Ski, Crans-Montana and Canton Valais submitted the Swiss bid in the Valais resort for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 at the headquarters of FIS in Oberhofen.
Oberstdorf hosts Coordination Group and Seefeld 2019 debriefing
On the heels of their Alpine counterparts last week, the Nordic disciplines took centre stage with the official debrief for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld (AUT) together with the sixth Coordination Group visit for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 in Oberstdorf (GER) taking place today and tomorrow in the Allgäu resort town.
FIS joins WADA in celebrating Play True Day
Play True Day’ is a day dedicated to clean sport to raise awareness among athletes, the sporting public and others about the global fight against doping.
Sport News
Attacking Vikings claim national titles in Hemsedal
The Attacking Vikings converged on Hemsedal to decide the Norwegian National Championships during the final week of March.
2019 FIS Freestyle Ski JWC goes down in Italy
The 2019 FIS Freestyle Ski Junior World Championships went down earlier this week in Chiesa in Valmalenco (ITA), with Sniazhana Drabiankova (BLR) and Viachaslau Tsimertsau (BLR) taking aerials gold medals, Sabrina Cast (USA) and Nikita Novitcki (RUS) claiming titles in single moguls, while Anastasia Smirnova (RUS) and Elliot Vaillancourt (CAN) finished on top of the podium in dual moguls.
Russia 1 wins first-ever junior worlds mixed team gold
Three days of alpine snowboarding action at the Rogla 2019 Junior World Championships wrapped up on Thursday with the first ever junior worlds parallel slalom team event, where Anastasia Kurochkina and Dmitry Loginov of team Russia 1 claimed the history-making gold.
Road to Olympics
Winter Universiade underway in Krasnoyarsk (RUS)
The 29th edition of the Winter Universiade opened in Krasnoyarsk (RUS) on the past Saturday.
Beijing 2022 has big plans to produce big benefits
Three years to go to the Olympic Winter Games may seem like a long time but Beijing 2022 isn’t wasting a minute when it comes to utilising the Games to accelerate change in the region.
Lausanne 2020 Medal Design Competition launched
The IOC is calling all talented designers and creative people across the globe: could you be the creator of the medals for the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020?
