The second ladies' World Cup giant slalom in Semmering, Austria, had nearly the same podium as the first except for the third-place finisher, as Viktoria Rebensburg replaced Manuela Moelgg from the previous day.

The cancelled Super-G of Lake Louise has been rescheduled in Santa Caterina, ahead of the traditional downhill on 28thand the alpine combined on 29th. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud was unbeatable on the Deborah Compagnoni course today. Hannes Reichelt and Dominik Paris rounded out the podium.

The replacement race from the cancelled GS in Courchevel was held in Semmering on Tuesday to the delight of the Austrian crowd in attendance. An exciting opening run had athletes continuing to come down with the lead, one besting the next even outside the top seed. 

The Christmas break is already over again: Nine days after the World Cup, Engelberg (SUI) now hosts a Ski Jumping Continental Cup event. On Tuesday evening, the first of two competitions there became a duel of the teams from Norway and Slovenia.

Realistically there are five or maybe six ski jumpers who can take the overall title of the 65th 4-Hills-Tournament, starting on Decembe 29th. 

Who will be the high-flyer at the 65th 4-Hills-Tournament? The world's elite is as tight as barely ever before before the opening event. And with youngster Domen Prevc, the younger brother of last season's winner Peter Prevc, there's a new rising star this winter.

The final stage of the 2016 Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup Cross Alps Tour took to the slopes of Innichen/San Candido (ITA) this week for a pair of back-to-back competitions on Wednesday and Thursday, and when it was all said and done we would see a pair of repeat winners in Heidi Zacher (GER) and Filip Flisar (SLO) while the big trophies for Cross Alps Tour overall winners would go Marielle Thompson (CAN) and Jean Frederic Chapuis (FRA).

Madonna di Campiglio is the oldest Italian World Cup venue, as they hold a Slalom in 1966/67, the year of the foundation of the World Cup. 50 years later, the event is still running and attracting thousands of people for the traditional night race on 22nd of December.

With the German dominance now spanning all of the first three World Cup weekend, it’s no wonder that the current Athlete of the Week comes from head coach Hermann Weinbuch’s squad...

The first - and only - aerials team event of the season closed out the 2016/17 aerials World Cup season-opening weekend in Beida Lake (CHN) on Sunday, with the young Russian squad of Liubov Nikitina, Maxim Burov, and Alexandra Orlova - just 17, 18, and 19 years old, respectively - besting all comers in the combined-score competition.