The training activities are increasing and many teams are very busy with their summer preparations.

An impact study conducted by Sportcal, an experienced provider of sports market intelligence, reported that the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti (FIN) achieved nearly all of its targets.

Snowboarder and Alpine skier Ester Ledecka (CZE) was presented with the Matteo Baumgarten Award on 14^th May 2017 in Bormio (ITA) at an official ceremony.

The second Coordination Group Meeting for the 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships was held in Cortina d’Ampezzo (ITA) last week. 

Tomaz Druml, a long-standing member of the Austrian B-team has decided to compete for Slovenia from the upcoming winter on. The FIS Council has approved the application.

Athletes of all the FIS disciplines are elected to the FIS Athlete's Commission in order to represent their interests. For Ski Jumping, the representatives are Sarah Hendrickson (USA) for the ladies and Andreas Stjernen (NOR) for the men.

For the 2017 edition of World Snow Day, FIS introduced the World Snow Day Awards.

Four months after he suffered an ACL tear during training in Oberstdorf late January, everything is going according to plan for Severin Freund in the rehabilitation and so a comeback on the hill is getting closer.

Sport brings the world together, as shown by Clara Kim, International Federation Service Manager and Inchul Han, Nordic Combined Sports Manager at the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG). The pair recently became wife and husband.

The Coordination Group for the Seefeld 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships met directly following the Lahti 2017 debrief for its semi-annual meeting to review preparations for the Championships.