Czech skier Petra Novakova is one of the rising stars of Czech Cross-Country skiing. The skier from Karlovy Vary had a great start of the last season. The promising career has been interrupted by an injury during the FIS Tour de Ski stage in Val Mustair.

The Austrian women’s alpine team took another hit to its depth chart this week as 2010 super G Olympic gold medalist Andrea Fischbacher announced her retirement.

The World Cup Organisers Seminar, attended by nearly 200 participants, was one of the highlights of the recently concluded Spring Meetings in Varna (BUL) and featured a wide array of speakers that touched on how to bring more value to events.

Thirteen athletes were elected to the FIS Athletes’ Commission 2015-2017 by their peers during the FIS World Championships 2015 for a two-year term. The official announcement of the members who will represent the athletes within FIS was made following the FIS Council Meeting on 7th June:

The FIS Council held its Spring Meeting at the Hotel International in Varna (BUL) on Sunday 7th June 2015 and dealt with a full agenda, including regular items such as reports from Organising Committees of the FIS World Championships, the appointment of technical officials, proposals from the FIS Technical Committees, FIS World Cup calendars and updates to various rules.

On 31st May, the International Olympic Committee announced the composition of its working commissions for 2015 which guide the IOC and the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games in their missions.

The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board met on Monday, 8th June, and announced that the Alpine Team Event and Snowboard Big Air will join the programme for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang (KOR).

France’s Maxime Laheurte has to adjust to many new situations this spring: not only has his brother become the head coach of the French team and with the retirement of Jason Lamy Chappuis and Sebastien Lacroix, the team structure will look quite differently but he is also the new athlete representative for Nordic Combined after elections took place last winter

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed on the event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.

The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board met on Monday, 8th June, and announced that the Alpine Team Event and Snowboard Big Air will join the programme for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang (KOR).