Sweden’s Stina Nilsson was forced to reduce the training load due to health problems. Now, Nilsson believes she is on the way to come back in a great shape.

The training activities are increasing and many teams are very busy with their summer preparations.

Today the International Ski Federation (FIS) and Alisports announced a new cooperation agreement at the Multifunction Studio of the Alibaba Sports Group company that will see an initial push to activate 30 million Chinese snow sport participants.

The FIS Directory 2017 will again be available at the FIS Technical Committee Meetings in autumn 2017.

Serving as an excellent opportunity to learn and share, the annual FIS Leaders’ Seminar as part of the FIS Development Programme will be held from 23^rd-25^th August 2017 in Brussels (BEL).

An impact study conducted by Sportcal, an experienced provider of sports market intelligence, reported that the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti (FIN) achieved nearly all of its targets.

Snowboarder and Alpine skier Ester Ledecka (CZE) was presented with the Matteo Baumgarten Award on 14^th May 2017 in Bormio (ITA) at an official ceremony.

Tomaz Druml, a long-standing member of the Austrian B-team has decided to compete for Slovenia from the upcoming winter on. The FIS Council has approved the application.

In his position as the ladies' Chief Race Director, Atle Skaardal is constantly reevaluating the ladies' World Cup Tour and pushing for the best possible events in winter. At the spring meetings in Portoroz, he took a step back, reflected on the situation and shared his toughts on different hot topics.