The coaching staff of the Russian national ski jumping team defined five athletes to participate in the first World Cup.

The last training camp before the Olympic season of the main candidates for the Olympic team squad of Russia in parallel snowboard disciplines begins in Khanti-Mansiysk.

After participating in the Finlandia Veikkaus Cup in Roveniemi together with the nations of Finland, Poland, Belarus and Estonia, the Russian team has set its focus on the World Cup kickoff in Kuusamo. Head coach Dmitry Dubrovskiy summed up his conclusions after the race and also named the Russian starters for the Ruka Nordic Opening.

The 10 km 15 km free technique competitions in Muonio, Finland went to Petr Sedov and Irina Khazova both of Russia. The previous two races had been swept by Justyna Kowalcyzk (POL) and Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ). Kowalczyk was a surprising 24th today and Poltoranin did not start.

Today, 15th November, the Russian national freestyle team in moguls returned to Moscow after a pre-season training camp which took place in Swiss Zermatt.

The first competitions of Europa Cup which were planned to take place in Austrian Shladming on 19th and 20th November are cancelled due to weather conditions.

Today, 8th November, the Russian national team in ski-cross left Austrian glacier Stubae.

The 2013 FIS Snowboard World Cup season's last parallel giant slalom race scheduled for March 8, 2014, in La Molina has to be cancelled due to the continuing difficult economic environment in Spain.

Berlin (dpa) - The German ski team aims to snatch at least 15 medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the national ski association (DSV) said Wednesday.

Today, 29 October, the Russian national slope-style team finished a training camp in Switzerland.