After Central Europe, now also the Canadian province of Alberta was struck by major floods. Especially affected was the region around Calgary, the Olympic city of 1988.

Sochi 2014's accreditation system will begin operations in the next week and Sarah Lewis, FIS Secretary General arranged meetings with the different logistical departments of the Organising Committee in Moscow (RUS) last week to review procedures. 

The Russian national ski jumping women team has a training camp at Sochi.

One in ten spectator plans to watch the freestyle skiing competitions.

The Swiss specialist Christoph Shmid was appointed the new Head coach of the Estonian national cross country sprint team.

The US alpine skier Bode Miller, whose last participation in competitions took place in February 2012 begins preparation for the Olympic season. 

The financial services firm, Reeves, is backing our freeskiers. They have some realistic medal chances for the Sochi Winter Olympics next February. Every little helps. 

Olympic gold-medalist Shaun White and his band Bad Things have signed with Warner Bros. Records.

The German Ski Association offered the leaders of the national team Axel Teichmann and Jens Filbrich and biathlonist Andreas Bilbacher to study at the Cologne Academy to become coaches. 

The leader of the Poland national cross-country skiing Justyna Kowalczyk had her last training at the capital of the Poland Tatry, after which she took a week-long holiday.