About seven weeks before the start of the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, the preparations at the venues in South Korea entered the final phase.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) fully respects the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect; and, to invite individual Russian athletes to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 under specific conditions determined by a panel chaired by Valerie Fourneyron.

The final PyeongChang 2018 Project Review by the International Olympic Committee concluded today, 22nd November with FIS Secretary General Sarah Lewis in Korea attending this series of preparation meetings.

The IOC Athletes’ Commission has created a film entitled “PyeongChang 2018: your Games” to provide athletes with useful tips and an exclusive glimpse of what they can expect during the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018.

From 11^th-13^th November, more than 100 athlete representatives from around the world gathered at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (SUI), for the eighth edition of the IOC International Athletes’ Forum.

The IOC Safeguarding Toolkit, a step-by-step guide to the development of policies and procedures to safeguard athletes from harassment and abuse, was launched to the International Federations at the ASOIF Medical Workshop last week in Lausanne (SUI).

FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and Secretary General Sarah Lewis are currently in Lausanne (SUI) to attend meetings of the IOC Commissions which began on Sunday and the International Federations Forum that gets underway today, 8^th November.

The PyeongChang 2018 Official App is now available for sports fans around the world to receive the latest Games news and information.

FIS has received the verdicts of the IOC Disciplinary Commission in two of the six cases against Cross-Country skiers relating to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. On receipt of the four remaining decisions, all six cases of Evgeniy Belov, Julia Ivanova, Alexander Legkov , Evgenia Shapovalova, Alexey Petukhov and Maxim Vylegzhanin will be reviewed by the FIS Doping Panel.

After completing its week-long tour of Greece, the Olympic flame was officially handed over to the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee on 31^st October 2017 as the Olympic Torch Relay prepared for its 100-day journey around the host country of next year’s Olympic Winter Games.