On the eve of the opening of the 2014/15 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, FIS Freestyle Skiing Coordinator Joseph Fitzgerald shared his insights on the upcoming winter. 

Due to an error in the data received with the television figures from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (RUS), inaccurate information was published in the 2014 edition of FIS Bulletin comparing television viewing numbers across the FIS disciplines. 

At a dedicated IOC Sports Integrity Workshop in Lausanne (SUI) on 26th November 2014, the IOC together with INTERPOL and both the Summer and Winter Olympic International Federations looked into how best to protect sport from competition manipulation. 

Before heading to North America end of last week, Australian Ski Cross racer Anton Grimus has been preparing on the Pitztal glacier in Austria which currently seems to be the heart of snowboard cross with almost every nation at site to train for the season opener.

BEAVER CREEK, USA – In today’s 1st downhill training run on the Birds of Prey Kjetil Jansrud was once again the one to beat. After winning the training run, the downhill and the super-G in Lake Louise Jansrud has kept his momentum and finished the 1st training on the slope that will host the 2015 World Championships in 1:40:06, 0.27 seconds faster than Swiss Patrick Kueng who finished 2nd and Italian Peter Fill who skied into 3rd.

Phillip Sjoeen still has to wait for his comeback after his fall in the World Cup opening in Lillehammer and will also miss the next two competitions this weekend in Lillehammer.

Sometimes, sport writes the best story tales. 

For our interview series “FIS Ski Jumping-Talk” we speak to Ski Jumping athletes and officials. Today: Simon Ammann, four time Olympic Champion and winner of both competitions in Kuusamo last weekend.

Anze Lanisek, who fell in the second competition in Kuusamo, will not be able to take part in the next World Cups in Lillehammer (NOR) on the upcoming weekend.

It is no secret that the worth of an athlete is not only determined by his or her successes but also by the way they are dealing with failures and difficult situations. Our Athlete of the Week proved he knows how to work both end of the spectrum this weekend.