For the ninth year in a row the FIS Rollerski World Cup opener in Oroslavje ended with a sprint competition.

In the capital of Russia a big exhibition of photographer Vadim Gippenreiter “Zapovednaya Rossiya” is open.

Oroslavje, Croatia is the host of this years first FIS Rollerski World Cup. 70 competitors from 10 countries will compete in uphill, individual and sprint competitions.

The Austrian national team is back to Ramsau am Dachstein for their annual treadmill-test. At this point, the test is mainly to determine the general shape of the athletes and to give pointers for the direction of the upcoming periods of training.

All Nordic teams of the French Ski Federation are currently on location for a 15-day-camp as Nordic Magazine reports.

Polish national coach Jan Klimko is satisfied with the results of his young team in the first training camps of the year, as he said in an interview with the website of the Polish Ski Federation PZN.

Erik Guay will be undergoing an addition surgery on his left knee on June 25. The Canadian speed specialist struggled lately to keep pace in training for more than a few consecutive days and decided to get the aching knee checked.

The seven International Winter Sports Federations on the programme of the Olympic Winter Games met with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne (SUI) for the Debrief of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June 2014.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov announced, that all the profit of the Organizing Committee Sochi-2014 will be spent on sport development due to an order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

(l-r) Moguls athletes Eliza Outtrim, Hannah Kearney and Heather McPhie after sweeping the podium at the 2013 Visa Freestyle International in Deer Valley, UT (Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)