Tag: skiing
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Candidates for the FIS Council 2014-2016
Oberhofen / Thunersee, May 7, 2014: The 49th International Ski Congress in Barcelona (SPA) will elect the FIS President and the sixteen members of the FIS Council for the next two-year period from 2014-2016. With the deadline now past, the member National Ski Associations have proposed the following candidates. President: KASPER Gian Franco, SUI Swiss-Ski Association…
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Nordic Combined, Lasse Ottesen
Oberhofen / Thunersee, Mar 25, 2014: “Happy” and “satisfied” are the two terms, Race Director Lasse Ottesen comes up with most these days when he is looking back at the last season and the development of his discipline. Even though the weather and especially the lack of snow in almost all of the venues of…
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FIS signs agreement with Audi
Oberhofen / Thunersee, Mar 05, 2014: FIS has signed a three-year agreement with Audi to partner with the “Bring Children to the Snow” campaign. The agreement will see Audi playing a role in both programmes, FIS SnowKidz and World Snow Day. The partnership will see Audi brought closer to the grassroots of snow sports and…
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89th Lahti Ski Games get underway today
Oberhofen, Feb 27, 2014: Olympic medalists are back in action just one week after the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, when Lahti hosts the 89th Lahti Ski Games, with eight FIS World Cup events in Ski Jumping, Cross-Country and Nordic Combined from 28th February -2nd March. Finnish Cross-Country skiing fans will have a chance to…
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Jamie Anderson wins FIS Snowboard World Cup
Cardrona – New Zealand, August 21, 2013: U.S. snowboard star Jamie Anderson won the 2014 season opener of the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Cardrona, New Zealand. The 22-year-old rewarded the patience of a passionate crowd with a stunning display of slopestyle riding after weather had disrupted the day’s schedule leading to a late afternoon…
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Olympic Slopestyle course details revealed
Oberhofen / Thunersee, August 21, 2013: SKIING, Today FIS released details about the design of the slopestyle course to be used during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. The details of the course have been highly anticipated as Ski and Snowboard slopestyle will be introduced for the first time as Olympic events in Sochi. The…
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Six skiers running for spot on IOC Committee
Oberhofen / Thunersee, August 21, 2013: Five alpine skiers and one cross-country skier announced their intention to run for election to the Athletes Commission of International Olympic Committee. Former Swiss downhill great Didier Cuche headlined the group, which was announced on August 16th. He is joined by: Austrian-born Kilian Albrecht of Bulgaria; Ana Jelusic of…
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Meet a Legend Fred-Børre Lundberg
Fred-Børre Lundberg, the Nordic Combined legend from Bardu (NOR) dominated the sport in the 1990’s. The partner of Cross-Country queen Marit Bjoergen won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including three golds (1991, 1995, 1997) and three silvers (1993, 1995, 1999). At the Olympic Winter Games, he claimed two gold medals (1994,…
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FIS Freestyle&Snowboard World Cups start action
In less than ten days, the FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard World Cups will begin a new season. From 16th-24th August, the 2013/2014 winter will debut in New Zealand with contests in slopestyle and halfpipe. All competitions are part of the 2013 Audi quattro Winter Games New Zealand, the biggest event of the Southern hemisphere…
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Beckie Scott & FIS Roller Ski World Cup in midstream
Oberhofen – Switzerland, July 31, 2013: Canada’s Beckie Scott became the first Canadian and indeed first North American to win an Olympic Gold medal in Cross-Country Skiing at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City (USA). She followed up that success at the 2006 Olympics in Turin (ITA), winning a silver medal in…