478 events in 46 countries will take place on World Snow Day to enable children to explore, enjoy and experience the snow on 15^th January 2017.

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the first non-German Athlete of the Week 2016/17: Eero Hirvonen!

It’s one of the highlights in the ladies’ World Cup calendar: The annual trip to Japan. Four single competitions are scheduled. First stage is Sapporo. With almost two million inhabitants Sapporo is the biggest city in this years´ World Cup calendar.

The World Cup has a new Snow King! After 8 years of victory drought, Manfred Moelgg claimed the win at the slalom in Zagreb, ahead of Felix Neureuther and Henrik Kristoffersen.

The Nordic Combined World Cup returns to action after the Christmas break and at the same time, a return to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship venue of Lahti, Finland means a very last dress rehearsal for the Nordic Combined athletes before the hunt for the medals begins in February.

With only five more days to go till the alpine Snowboard World Cup tour picks up pace again in Bad Gastein (AUT) on January 10 and 11, 2017, Local Organisers are in the last preparation phase for a true highlight of the World Cup calendar.

To honour and celebrate the history of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Organisers of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Zagreb (CRO) have prepared a 165-metre-long ski slope in downtown Zagreb at which former and current World Cup champions will race today, 4^th January 2017.

With natural snow rarely seen below 2000 meters this winter it was a pleasant surprise to wake up to 5-10 cm of fresh snow in Oberstdorf, Germany on the morning of the third stage of the FIS Tour de Ski 2017.

While the Ski Jumping men are getting there well deserved rest after the Four Hills Tournament the flying ladies are kicking off the New Year in Oberstdorf.

With the year 2016 slowly approaching its end we want to look back on some facts and highlights in Ladies Ski Jumping in 2016. Ofcourse, the outstanding athlete was once again Sara Takanashi.