After the disqualification on Sunday, the second day of competition in Engelberg went a lot better for Tom Hilde.

Second after a very tight opening run, Swiss ace Lara Gut gave it all out in the second run to claim her 16th career World Cup win in perfect snow and weather conditions. She posted a combined time of 2:06.00 to edge Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein by 0.12 seconds, while Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany came third, 0.30 seconds off the pace.

For the Japanese athletes, the national championships were on schedule in the World Cup break over Christmas and the new year at Nayoro in the north of the Hokkaido island this past weekend. As to be expected, team leader Akito Watabe took the title ahead of Takehiro Watanabe and Hideaki Nagai.

The short Christmas break already ended again, where it started for the ski jumpers a week ago. Seven days after the World Cup, Engelberg now hosts the Continental cup.

Due to abnormally warm temperatures and the lack of snow, the World Cup downhill and super-G races scheduled for 9th and 10th January have unfortunately been cancelled, despite enormous efforts from the St. Anton mountain management and the organising committee.

Despite warm and unfavorable weather conditions in Germany, FIS, DSV and the LOC of Oberstdorf are happy to announce that, with some changes, two FIS Tour de Ski stages are going to take place in Oberstdorf, GER.

Overall World Cup winner is considered one of the big favorites for the 4-Hills-Tournament starting next Monday. And the German feels well prepared for the upcoming exhausting ten days.

Like recently in the World Cup, Peter Prevc was also unbeatable in the Slovenian large hill championships on Wednesday.

A few days before the start of the 4-Hills-Tournament, the preparations for the opener in Oberstdorf are on track.

Anticipation is rising among athletes, teams, the media and fans alike as Ski Jumping gets ready for its traditional highlight: the 64th edition of the 4-Hills-Tournament as part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup presented by Viessmann.