As every year, Forum Nordicum, the international group of Nordic winter sports journalists, has given away its awards for the media friendliest venues on the World Cup tours. 

America’s marquee Olympic star has visited the clinic of the East German doping doctor who played an instrumental role in the German Democratic Republic’s notorious, state-sponsored program to dope unwitting young athletes with hardcore anabolic steroids.

Thursday, 23 May, the third conference “The Doping in sports: risks, resistance and prophylaxis” takes part at Moscow.

The leader of the Canadian national Cross-Country skiing team Chandra Crawford decided to go for personal preparation for the season under coaching of Peter Larsson.

Livio Magoni, the coach of the winner of the World Cup in alpine skiing Slovenian Tina Maze, signed a contract with the Alpine Skiing Federation of Italy.

The winner of the World Cup in sprint skiing Sweden skier Emil Jonsson shared his expectations about the Olympic Games.

U-Laika becomes the official mascot of the Krasnoyarsk Universiade 2019 after getting the biggest number of “likes” in an online voting.

In the center of the alpine skiing Andermatt a new tourist complex will be built.

The two-time World Cup winner Norwegian Petter Nortug took part in the online poker World Championship PokerStars.

A project of developent of the alpine skiing center “Mountain Moroznaya – mountain Sedlo” at the Yelizovskiy area of the Kamchatskiy Region is recognized by experts as the most perspective for developing alpine skiing in the region.