Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway and Federico Pellegrino of Italy have continued their impressive starts to the season by winning the 1.5 km free technique sprints in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. For each they have now recorded their third sprint victories of the year out of a total of 4 sprint competitions held so far.

There was more unfortunate news on the FIS Freestyle World Cup circuit today, as it was announced that the aerials and moguls World Cup events slated for New York state's Lake Placid from January 14-16 were cancelled due to a lack of snow and enduring warm temperatures on the USA's east coast.

Who better to talk to in the break between Ramsau am Dachstein and the next event in Schonach than World Cup leader Magnus Krog from Norway?

As expected, the 4th downhill of the season was a tough one.

Severin Freund won the opening event of the 64th 4-Hills-Tournament in Oberstdorf.

Lienz, Austria – In the lead after the opening leg, Sweden's Frida Hansdotter held on to her position and clocked an overall time of 1:47.02 to finish just 0.07 seconds ahead of Switzerland's Wendy Holdener. Slovakia's Petra Vlhova came third, 0.43 seconds out.

The 64th 4-Hills-Tournament kicks off Tuesday evening in Oberstdorf and despite the mild temperatures recently, the facilities at all four locations are ready for this big event.

Due to lack of snow and unusually warm temperatures, the ladies' and men's Audi FIS Ski World Cup slaloms scheduled in Zagreb (CRO) on 3rd & 6th January 2016 are cancelled.

Watles, ITA - Persistent warm temperatures and an almost complete lack of snow base has forced the cancellation of what would have been the first event of the 2016 calendar year, as officials have been forced to nix the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup Watles (ITA).

FIS was saddened to learn of the death of legendary Alpine skier and one of the earliest Freestyle Skiing pioneers, Stein Eriksen, He passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at the age of 88.