Technically speaking, his might not have been the best results of the weekend as Germany’s Fabian Rießle proved hard to beat in that category with a first and a second rank but true to the spirit of the Nordic Combined „Athlete of the Week“ which honours special performances on all levels of the sport, this week’s chosen athlete’s achievement is nothing short of outstanding.

FIS and Polar, the pioneer of wearable sports and fitness technology and the leader in heart rate monitoring, want to inspire Cross-Country skiers across the world to take part in a fun competition: the FIS Tour de Ski Challenge 2016 Powered by Polar.

Due to the insufficient snow conditions for a snowboard cross race the FIS WC in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy scheduled for December 18th to 19th, 2015 has to be cancelled.

The city of Mönchengladbach, Germany will be hosting a spectacular FIS Snowboard World Cup next season.

There are less than 15 days to go until World Snow Day registrations closes. With many stakeholders now in the planning stages with winter activities, now is the time to act.

To celebrate the 50-day milestone until the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Kulm (AUT) from 14th-17th January 2016, a press conference was held in Vienna (AUT) last week. On this occasion, the official World Championship song was launched, performed by Austrian singer Natalie Beiler and songwriter Markus Steiner.

The first period of the FIS Development Programme Alpine Training Camp saw the participation of 21 athletes from 13 nations* in Hintertux and Stubai (AUT) from 18th October–14th November 2015.

As the biggest U.N. climate conference in a decade begins on Monday in Paris, hundreds of thousands of people around the World are marching for action.

Due to the wind situation, the first Individual Gundersen competition of the weekend in Ruka had to be cancelled. The wind conditions proved to be unstable since early morning and did not allow safe jumping.

LADIES' WORLD CUP RUKA, 27-29 NOVEMBER 2015