Canadian halfpipe skier Rosalind Groenewoud has undergone surgery on both knees but is expected to recover in time to compete at the Sochi Olympics, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association said Thursday.

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel is not sure wether she will visit the Olympic Games in Sochi, but a delegation of government will visit Sochi.

What initially seemed to be just an unfortunate mistake with no dire consequences turned out to be Tessa Worley’s last World Cup run in the Olympic year on Tuesday in Courchevel.

Yesterday, 16th December, the President of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation Yelena Vyalbe signed an appeal to the International Ski Federation.

An opening of skiing season took place in “Rosa Khutor”.

With record prize money of about CHF 315 000, and a new jackpot-rule for the winner of the qualifications, the 4-Hills-Tournament enters a new dimension this winter. The organizers announced that the traditional ski jumping series (December 28th to January 6th) will award a prize money of € 2 000 to the winner of the qualification round.

About 20 billion rubles was spent on Krasnaya Polyana for preparing to Olympic Games Sochi-2014 and it will be ready by the end of December.

The FIS Nordic Combined and Alpine Skiing World Cups results.

This was supposed to be the 21st and last season for Jan Tischhauser, 63, as FIS Race Director for the ladies speed events before he retires from the position.

The building of the residence of Father Christmas is being finished in the Olympic Park of Sochi near the hockey-center “Iceberg”.