At Sochi 2014 Marielle Thompson made sure the ladies’ Olympic ski cross gold medal remained in Canadian hands, successfully defending the title won by Ashleigh McIvor at Vancouver 2010.

Today, 1st August, an opening of a sport season in alpine skiing took place in New Zealand Cardrona where first FIS competitions in slalom took place.

Liz Stephen and Maurice Manificat won Lysebotn Opp as part of the Blink Skifestivalen.

As ski resorts in Australia are reporting that the huge snowfalls in July have led to some of the best skiing conditions in over 25 years, athletes from all over the world are descending on Australian resorts as the 2014 Australian Continental Cup series of events begins this week.

Following the publication of the first edition of the International Report on Children’s Lift ticket prices, FIS is also releasing the data from the research.

A two-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Petter Northug will take part in a football match of stars as a part of a youth-children tournament Norway Cup.

The starting field of this year’s Blink Festival 2014, a popular three-day Rollerski race, is packed with big names from Cross-Country Skiing.

The Olympic Champions of Sochi-2014 Dominique Gisin (downhill) and Anna Fenninger (Super G) gave its exhibits to the Olympic museum.

The Deputy-minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Juriy Nagornikh gave an interview to “Sport-Express” newspaper.

The most decorated athlete of the Russian snowboard team, Yekaterina Tudegesheva, announced her plans.