FIS is delighted to announce that the Organiser of the next Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing (CHN) will host the Welcome Evening on Monday, 14^th May.

Between its World Cup and European Cup teams, the Norwegian Ski Association announced in mid April the 37 athletes who will compete under the nation's flag during the 2018/19 season.

The Olympic cycle often marks the end of coaches' contracts, which results in a series of changes to the staff of many teams. Below are some of the major changes announced so far:

2014 Olympic sprint champion and 2-time World Champion Ola Vigen Hattestad has decided to end his skiing career.

The end of the Olympic cycle season marked the announcement of the following athletes' retirement from competitive snowboarding, including Olympic and World Champions.

Each year after World Snow Day, Event Organisers and FIS coordinate to gather all the data from the global one-day event. The culmination of this data is presented in the World Snow Day final report, which is now available online.

An enthusiastic group of Cross-Country Skiing coaches gathered in Skeikampen, Lillehammer (NOR) from 27^th–29^th April 2019 for the first Youth & Children’s Coaches Seminar.

Selina Gasparin and Ilya Chernousov won Fossavatn 25 km free technique.

Dmitriy Dubrovskiy was re-elected as president of the Russian Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Federation.

Harald Rodlauer was named the new head coach of the Austrian ladies' national team.