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Switzerland – After a two-year hiatus from the podium, Carlo Janka had two perfect runs in Friday’s Alpine Combined in front of some 15000 thousands local fans went on to win his first race since 2011.

The first snowboard medal events of the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships wrapped up at Kreischberg today with Gold medals for US and Italian riders after some thrilling and exciting action-packed heat of four racing which had everything from clever passing to line defending and wash outs.

The first competition of the Kreischberg 2013 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships took place on Thursday night, as Laura Peel was able to navigate a crash-filled ladies' super final to take a surprise gold on the ladies' side while Qi Guangpu (CHN) was able to defend his world champion title in men's competition.

The first medal event of the Krieschberg 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships gets underway tonight, with aerials competition taking place immediately following the opening ceremonies of the championships.

Flachau, Austria – More than 15'000 spectators flocked into town on Tuesday evening for the 5th night slalom race staged in the famed ski resort. Sweden's Frida Hansdotter took advantage of a 0.23 second lead from the first run to remain in first place after a very solid second run under the floodlights.

Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) and Marit Bjoergen (NOR) have won the 2015 Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear. For Sundby it was a repeat of last year, but for Bjoergen it was her first ever win.

Switzerland – In the first run of Sunday's slalom German Fritz Dopfer made good use of his bib number and crossed the finish line in 56.21 seconds, a time unbeaten by skiers who came down the Kaunisbergli after him.

Sara Takanashi also won the second World Cup competition in Sapporo (JPN). With a strong jump in the final round, the 18-year-old moved up from seventh to first and came in ahead of Carina Vogt and Austrian Chiara Hoelzl.

The final event of a stacked FIS Freestyle weekend took place under the lights at Utah's Deer Valley Resort, with a thrilling dual moguls competition that saw Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) and Mikael Kingsbury walk away with victories, yellow moguls leader bibs, and trophies for winning the respective men's and ladies' athlete of the weekend accolades.

In the closest competition of the season with 5 men separated by just 0.7 seconds it was Tim Tscharnke of Germany who came out on top. In a photo finish with Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin, Tscharnke recorded his first World Cup victory since Canmore in December 2012. Just +0.4 behind in third was Dario Cologna of Switzerland.
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