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Ledecka and Prommegger triumph in season's last PGS Ester Ledecka (CZE) and Andreas Prommegger (AUT) have come out victorious of the 2016-17 World Cup season's final PGS which was staged in Erciyes-Kayseri today successfully repeating their last year's triumph on the Turkish volcano. It was an uncommon race both prevailed in as the parallel giant slalom race originally scheduled for yesterday got interrupted after several delays due to heavy fog and low visibility. But Ledecka and Prommegger dealt best with the situation keeping the motivation high over night. The competition finally resumed this morning with the quarter finals under a blue bird sky and the reigning PSL world champion underlined her claim on another gold medal at the upcoming world championships which will take place in Sierra Nevada (ESP) from March 7 to 19. In a heart beat women's final, Ledecka edged off Tomoka Takeuchi from Japan by the tiny mere of 0.03 seconds bringing home her career's ninth. “It was a great race, although yesterday was pretty tough. But that's nature. But his way, it was interesting with the race taking place on two different days. It was a new experience. I happy that I have another good result. It was a good training for Sierra Nevada. I'm looking forward to competing at the world championships,” Ledecka said. Ramona Hofmeister (GER) rounded out the podium as third beating Austrian champion Daniela Ulbing in the small final. Over in the men's event, history was made as Sang-ho Lee and Bo-gun Choi secured the first ever medals for Korea in an alpine snowboard World Cup event finishing as respective second and third behind of Andreas Prommegger who celebrated a back-to-back win after his victory in the Olympic test event in South Korea three weeks ago. Thanks to his career's 15th win, Prommegger took over the lead in the parallel overall World Cup standings from Radoslav Yankov (BUL) who finished 17th today but claimed the PGS World Cup title. “It's been two pretty tough days. They tried to finish the race yesterday but it wasn't possible due to the sleet. But yeah, I'm really happy. I won here last year, and I was able to pull of this feat again. It was pretty close but I'm very relieved. Of course, the focus is on the world champs now but the overall World Cup ranking is also one thing I'm going for,” he explained knowing that it will be a tight battle with Yankov for the overall crown. The Austrian veteran is currently sitting in first with 4,350 points but the defending champion is close behind with 3,950 points while Benjamin Karl can also nail it on the last day of the season with 3,600 points. However, it's the Bulgarian superstar Prommegger has to have an eye on first. And Yankov is still motivated for more: “I'm happy. I managed to take home the Crystal Globe in the PGS, and I'm really happy with this, even though I didn't do well here finishing 17th. Now I'm focusing on competing in the Sierra Nevada which are the most important races of the season. And then Winterberg will bring a pretty tough showdown for the overall win with the Austrian guys. But first, it's the worlds.” Alena Zavarzina (RUS) brought home her career's first Crystal Globe also leading the overall standings of the women with only one more race to come. However, before finally putting her hands on the coveted Crystal Globe, the 2014 Olympic bronze medallist had to go through some hard times: “The delay yesterday and re-scheduling of the race was very stressful for me as I was going for the Crystal Globe and didn't have much of an advantage [on Patrizia Kummer]. This waiting situation was nerve-wrecking. It was like the worst day of my life. I tried to make the best of the situation but almost puked this morning after breakfast. But I kept going. It was dramatic, I was hoping to finish on the podium in the last race. I was waiting for this moment, and of course I'm happy and very proud. It was my goal ever since I started my career. It definitely took away the stress prior to the world champs.” The alpine snowboard World Cup tour will wrap up things with the final parallel slalom and parallel slalom team event slated to take place in Winterberg (GER) from March 17 to 19. However, the 12th FIS Snowboard World Championships are up next for the raceboarders with the pgs medal decisions scheduled for March 14 and the ones for PSL for March 15. Full Results Men and Women 2016/17 Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup Final Ranking Men and Women

Lassila and Zhou win at Moscow aerials World Cup final The 2016/17 FIS Freestyle aerials World Cup season came to a close in spectacular fashion on Saturday night, with Lydia Lassila (AUS) and Zhou Hang (CHN) earning victories after a night of close competition, and Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu topping off a resurgent year for the Nations Cup-winning Chinese aerials team by claiming the respective ladies’ and men’s crystal globes. Despite pervasive warm and wet conditions in Moscow throughout the week, teams and organizers managed to keep the 47-meter-tall scaffold competition venue in Moscow in prime condition, and excellent jumping was seen throughout the night. Ladies’ winner Lassila was unstoppable on on Saturday night, notching the top scores in qualifications, semifinals, and in the super final, where an essentially flawless double full, full, earned her a score of 100.11 to handily beat the the 94.11 earned by runner-up Xu. “I’m happy with my jumping today,” said Lassila following her win, “I got better throughout the night. I’m really happy with my super final jump. To get over 100 points was one of my goals, and I got another win, so it’s great. And to finish the season ranked third overall, getting three wins in five events this season after not competing in three years is a good comeback for me. I’ve gotta keep it going next week for world championships.” Third place went to Lassila’s Australian teammate Laura Peel, giving the reigning world champion her first podium since the 2015/16 season opener in Ruka. The win was the third of an incredible comeback season for Lassila, and the 35-year-old who returned to the World Cup in 2016/17 after three years away from competition suddenly finds herself as one of the favourites for gold come time for the Sierra Nevada 2017 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. Despite being bested by Lassila on Saturday night, Xu walked away from Moscow as the biggest winner of them all, as her second place performance was more than enough to surpass Danielle Scott (AUS) in the race for the 2016/17 aerials crystal globe. Scott and Xu came into Saturday’s competition separated by just two points, and when Scott crashed on her full, double full in the super final, Xu knew that all she had to do was ski away from her attempt and the third World Cup title of her career would be hers. “Today was very exciting,” said a beaming Xu, “It was an unbelievable day. I got my first win eight years ago in Moscow, and now I get the third crystal globe of my career here. And I do it one year after my ACL surgery…I’m very excited.” Scott finished the night in Moscow in fifth place and finished the season in silver medal position on the aerials rankings, giving the 26-year-old her third consecutive top-3 result in the in the aerials standings. Scott’s teammate Lassila joined her in the overall podium, giving Lassila now a total of seven World Cup medals. Zhou tops in explosive men’s final, Qi takes second career crystal globe The men’s competition in Moscow was a much more seesaw affair than was the ladies, with three different athletes leading each phase of the competition, capped off by China’s Zhou putting it together when the pressure was on in the big final. Before Zhou’s win, Maxim Gustik (BLR) stood atop rankings in the qualifications, while Jonathon Lillis bested the field in the semifinals. However, come time for the superfinal, Zhou would stand head and shoulders above the rest. With his spotless full, double full, full, Zhou earned himself a score of 125.22 - the highest for any athlete all day and nearly 15 points better than runner-up Gustik’s score of 110.97. The victory was the second of Zhou’s career, and moved him into fourth of the final aerials rankings. “It’s really good,” Zhou said of his feelings following the win, “It was a crazy day. From me it was difficult. My training wasn’t good. But I made a plan with my coaches and they gave me lots of help, and I thank them for that.” Behind Gustik in third place on Saturday was Maxim Burov (RUS), scoring a well-deserved podium for the host Russian squad in front of an enthusiastic crowd. On hand for awards but not competing on Saturday night was Qi Guangpu, as the two-time reigning world champion had already locked up his second career World Cup title with a second-place result at last weekend’s competition in Minsk (BLR). Qi finished the season with 440 points - 112 points ahead of the next-best athlete despite only competing in five of the season’s seven competitions. Second overall went to Mac Bohonnon (USA), as the 2014/15 crystal globe winner rebounded nicely from a disappointing 2015/16 season that saw him finish 10th overall. On Saturday, however, Bohonnon was at the centre of the scariest moment of the day, when the 21-year-old over-rotated on his super final jump fell and heavily in the landing. Though he appeared to momentarily lose consciousness as a result of the fall, Bohonnon was able to walk off the course under his own power and attend the final awards. Third place on the final season standings went to Anton Kushnir, as the reigning Olympic gold medallist, like Lassila on the ladies’ side, made an impressive return to competition after three years away from the sport. Kushnir managed three victories in just four contests entered, and had he put in a full season it seems likely he would have been challenging Qi for top spot. Powered along by Xu and Qi’s crystal globe-winning seasons, China took aerials the Nations Cup honours for 2016/17. As well, the aerials Rookie of the Year honours were announced on Saturday, with China’s Shen Xiaoxue and the USA’s Christopher Lillis coming out on top in the voting. Shen had five top-10 results on the season, and took a second-place podium at Phoenix Park in the test event for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Lillis, meanwhile, earned four top-10 results on the season. Full Results Men and Women 2016/17 Aerials World Cup Final Standing Men and Women

FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's 50km Mass Start Freestyle Final Results HARVEY Alex 1:46:28.9 USTIUGOV Sergey 1:46:29.5 HEIKKINEN Matti 1:46:30.3 Canada's Alex Harvey is 50 km World Champion Canada's Alex Harvey won the men's 50 km free technique mass start competition to end the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Harvey won team sprint gold in the 2011 Oslo World Championships with teammate Devon Kershaw but this was his first individual gold medal. In the silver medal position was Russia's Sergey Ustiugov just +0.6 seconds behind. He now ties Bjorn Daehlie and Petter Northug as the only male athletes to win 5 medals at one Championship. In the bronze medal position to the thrill of the home crowd was Finland's Matti Heikkinen +1.4 seconds back of Harvey. Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby over the final kilometer did what he could to narrow the field down but he was unable to get away from Harvey and Ustiugov. Heikkinen was slightly gapped but came back to the leading three in the stadium and on the same corner where he went down in the men's relay he overtook Sundby for the bronze medal position. Britain's Andrew Musgrave also overtook Sundby on the homestretch to take 4th place, a best ever finish for a British cross-country skier. Full Results Here Final Medal Standing Here Alex Harvey 50km Mass Start Freestyle 2017 World Champion Race Replay

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Maiden victory for Michael Matt at Kranjska Gora As forecasted, uninterrupted rainfall marked the night between yesterday’s Giant Slalom and today’s Slalom in Kranjska Gora, but thanks to the efforts of the experienced course crew, the Podkoren slalom hill offered great conditions for today’s Pokal Vitranc slalom. Austria’s Michael Matt was the one that handled the conditions the best and could celebrate his first career World Cup win. After a podium at the beginning of the season in Levi, Matt also came close to an exploit at the World Championships, where he was 3rd after the first run but finished 8th after some struggles in the second run. Here in Kranjska Gora, the 23 year old athlete seemed to fly over the ruts and laid down a fantastic second run, that no one after him would be able to beat. "It's amazing, it's unbelievable when you stand out there in the finish area. When you're second after the first run and then the green light is in the second run when you're in the finish, it's amazing. I watched (the other racers) at the World Championships in St. Moritz and that wasn't good, so I didn't watch today. I didn't watch anyone, I just focused on me and my skiing and I'm really happy. I'v had a good experience in European Cup here on this hill and last year as well. I just like the hill and love to ski here." One athlete particularly impressed in the first run, it’s Stefano Gross. The Italian had a season with lots of ups and downs. He scored some very good results, including a third place in Madonna di Campiglio, but failed to be constant as he skied out three times this season. In Kranjska Gora, he found his pace in both runs and managed to hold claim a second place, only +0.30 behind the winner Mario Matt. "It feels extremely good because I've had a really difficult season. Unfortunately, I had a bad back problem in January and then the best race I could have done was when I was second after the first run in Kitzbuehel and in the second run, I straddled a gate right at the top. That could have probably totally changed my season if something had gone well at that point but it's been a terrible season for me and it really feels very good to be back on the podium this season. I had a great first run, but in the second run I had a few problems. It was bumpy, it was really hard to hold the line, but I was well prepared for the conditions with training in salty, spring snow." In third place, Germany’s Felix Neureuther confirmed his good shape from the World Championships, where he collected a bronze medal. With two solid runs, he was able to secure the third spot on the podium, the 3rd in this World Cup season. "It feels very good. I don't know how may times I've been on the podium here but it's a very, very special hill, technical, tough and the conditions are always tough too so I am very happy to be on the podium again. I had some problems at the beginning of the season until just right before the World Championships; I was struggling with my setup so I couldn't ski as I wanted but now, since the World Championships, it feels really good again." The metronome Marcel Hirscher earned a 4th place in today’s race, enough to secures him the discipline globe, as he is now 110 points ahead of Henrik Kristoffersen with only one race to go. A huge mistake prevented the Norwegian to qualify for second run and score points for the cup today. On the men’s side, this was the last regular World Cup stop of the season. After a week-end off due to travelling, the 25 best racer of each discipline are moving over to Aspen for the World Cup Finals from 15th to 19th March 2017. Full Results Here Michael Matt 2nd Run

Repeat podium on second day in Jeongseon Sofia Goggia opened the floodgates with her inaugural World Cup victory on Saturday and proved it was no fluke with a follow-up win the ladies' super-G at Jeongseon, South Korea, on Sunday. For the second day in a row, she bested Lindsey Vonn by mere hundredths, and Ilka Stuhec finished third on a challenging set with big turns and high speeds. “It feels great because also I think yesterday in the downhill, [Vonn] is the major speed queen. [Stuhec] is the world champ and the queen of the future, so the three most fast," said Goggia of her fellow podium mates. "It feels amazing because super-G this year was pretty difficult to me. I never found the right balance between pushing and to use the tactics. And today, I really tried to ski. There were some tricky points. I came by and it was really OK. I really tried to push.” With her third-place finish, Stuhec took over the lead of the super-G standings and will head to Aspen with a 15-point advantage over Tina Weirather. "I had a funny feeling from the start house and later on it got a bit better. Yeah, it was a fun course actually because you had to do a lot. It didn’t do anything itself, so it was nice. I like it," said Stuhec. "The only nerves getting to Aspen I have is sixteen hours time difference that we have from here to there. So that’s the only thing. Otherwise, I’ll go like always, race for race, and do my best.” Vonn once again found herself oh-so-shy of the win, this time finishing 0.04 seconds off Goggia's pace. She pointed to the Italian in the leader box after crossing the finish line and shook her head. "It’s definitely the best super-G performance I’ve had all season by a long shot, so it’s nice to see that I still have the speed and it’s coming back around," said Vonn. "Definitely frustrated with the amount of time that I’m getting second place by. But you know, if I’ve learned one thing in ski racing, it’s that those hundredths always come back and I’m hoping that they come back next year for the Olympics. So I’ll bide my time. I’ll be patient, and everything will work out the way it’s supposed to.” The ladies' tour now heads to Squaw Valley, USA, to contest giant slalom and slalom races on Friday and Saturday this week. Full Results Here Sofia Goggia

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Thanks for all supports and congratulations. A huge result and totally unexpected medal for us, unbelievable success. Congrats to Volko. unfortunately I can not entirely celebrate and enjoy this historic moment. because just at same time as he run the final, we had a huge tragedy in our family and my stepfather passed away tonight. very very sad evening for me and especially my mom...maybe during next days I´ll not be so much online and will not post everything as I did...but I´ll try my best to post at least the essential things when I´ll find a few of time. Thanks for your comprehension

FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's Team Large Hill Final Results Poland ZYLA Piotr130.5+123.0 KUBACKI Dawid129.0+119.5 KOT Maciej130.5+121.5 STOCH Kamil130.5+124.5 1104.2 Norway FANNEMEL Anders131.0+112.5 FORFANG Johann Andre126.5+138.0 TANDE Daniel Andre126.0+126.0 STJERNEN Andreas127.5+125.5 1078.5 Austria HAYBOECK Michael130.0+118.5 FETTNER Manuel126.5+121.0 SCHLIERENZAUER Gregor124.0+113.5 KRAFT Stefan134.0+126.0 1068.9 Poland soars to first team gold Bronze medalist Piotr Zyla (130.5 m and 123 m), Dawid Kubacki (129 m and 119.5 m), Maciej Kot (130.5 m and 121.5 m) and World Cup leader Kamil Stoch (130.5 m and 124.5 m) scored a total of 1104.2 points took the first gold medal for Poland in a team competition at World Championships. Defending champion Norway (Anders Fannemel 131 m/112.5 m; Johan André Forfang 126.5 m/138 m; Daniel André Tande 126 m/126 m; Andreas Stjernen 127.5 m/125 m) came in second, 25.7 points behind the winners. The third place went to Austria, with Michael Hayboeck (130 m/118.5 m), Manuel Fettner (126.5 m/121 m), Gregor Schlierenzauer (124 m/113.5 m) and double World Champion Stefan Kraft (134 m/126 m). The Germans, who were third before their last jumper Andreas Wellinger, lost their place on the podium in the final round. Like already in the individual competition, the level was extremely high in this team event. The fans not only saw an outstanding Polish team, but also two totally different rounds when it comes to weather conditions. While there was almost no wind in the first round, the conditions were typical for Lahti in the final round of the best eight teams, constantly changing from head to tail wind and gusts. Many position changes in final Poland already had a lead of 17.4 points over Austria after the first round, Germany was 18.8 points behind and Norway 27.6. The results between the second and fourth place were changing constantly after each group, because the athletes of these teams, with the exception of Stefan Kraft, had more or less luck with the difficult conditions. Poland consistent from Zyla to Stoch Only the Poles, who won the World Cup team competition on January 28th in Willingen ahead of Austria and Germany, didn't have one bad jump. And that even though Dawid Kubacki, last jumper in the second group, had to get off the bar twice due to the strong wind. "It was difficult, I didn't know what conditions I would have and it was cold", Kubacki said afterwards. "I'm very happy about the gold now. It was a lot of work today. But we showed that we have a strong team." A small advantage for Poland was the fact that head coach Stefan Horngacher took advantage of the rules in the first group and moved the gate down for Piotr Zyla, who was third in the individual competition. He then not only showed the second-longest jump of this group with 130.5 m, behind Anders Fannemel (131 m), he also got the bonus of 4.9 gate points and took the lead for his team. Polend extended or defended the lead in every group. In the final they were the only team with no bad jump and so they won their first ever WSC-Gold after finishing third two years ago in Falun and 2013 in Val di Fiemme; Poland couldn't win a team medal yet at Olympic Games. "This is a fantastic moment for us", said final jumper Kamil Stoch, who couldn't win an individual medal in Lahti. Forfang with hill record Defending champion Norway had a bad start in the final with Anders Fannemel, who is the only remaining member of the 2015 World Champion team. He landed already after 112.5 m and lost a lot of ground, but still Norway was fourth. Johann Andre Forfang then made up for the lost points of his teammate and improved the hill record, set by Andreas Widhoelzl (AUT) 2006, by 2.5 meters. After this jump the team of head coach Alexander Stoeckl was back in the game. Daniel Andre Tande and Andreas Stjernen defend the result with solid performances. "It's unbelievable. At first we were on top, then we lost everything and then came Forfang and set a hill record", said Stjernen, whose father Hroar also won silver with Norway 1987 in Oberstdorf. For Norway this is the fifth silver medal since team competitions are held at World Championships. Bad luck for Leyhe While Forfang jumped all the way down the hill, Stephan Leyhe landed already at 103.5 m, Germany was only fourth now and Austria moved up to second with a good jump of Manuel Fettner. After the third group things changed again, after Gregor Schlierenzauer jumped only on 113.5 m. Before the final group Austria was suddenly fourth. Like in the individual competitions, where they were fighting for the top two spots, Stefan Kraft and Andreas Wellinger decided the duel for bronze. While the Austrian jumped on 126 m, the German landed at 119.5 m and so the team of Werner Schuster came in only fourth. "We had the quality to win a medal, we had six good jumps, but unfortunately we also made two mistakes", said the German coach. Schlierenzauer very moved The Austrians were the lucky ones today and Gregor Schlierenzauer, who won a medal in six team competitions in a row now, for of which gold, was obviously moved after winning the bronze medal. "I'm very moved. I was happy that I could take part in this WSC and I want to thank the guys." Four-time medalist Stefan Kraft was also happy about this turbulent second round: "It's great that we could achieve this. I had some luck in the final round. I would have never expected to win four medals here, bronze with the team was a very nice ending." The Slovenes were not consistent enough today and finished fifth. After Finland had three of the four athletes in the final round of the team competition, the home team also made the cut for the second round this time and came in sixth. Japan and the Czech Republic tied for seventh. Russia (9th), Switzerland (10th), the USA (11th) and Kazakhstan (12th) failed to qualify for the final. Full Results Here Final Medal Standing Here Poland (Zyla, Kubacki, Kot, Stoch) 2017 Large Hill Mens Teams World Champion Race Replay 1st Round 2nd Round

okay time for some "Bradbury" in the final tonight

@uk12points also for the czech entry. the band is called Hodiny not hoding Hodiny means hours in CZ/SK and the title of the song is Stmívaní not stivoni Stmívaní means nightfall in czech.

Safe bet for Polands win. Congrats neighbors ! fully deserved.

disappointing championships for Slovenia. 0 medals this is absolutely disastrous

lol and tied after 8 jumps

Forfang new hill record after 11 years

Season's last parallel giant slalom interrupted Too much fog to race in Erciyes-Kayseri The World Cup season's final PGS race staged in Erciyes-Kayseri (TUR) has been interrupted due to heavy fog after the visibility got too poor to guarantee a safe and fair competition. Following an unanimous jury decision, the race will resume tomorrow at 8 AM CET with the quarter finals of both, women and men.

Hirscher wins it all and writes history The 56th edition of the Pokal Vitranc kicked off today with the traditional Audi FIS Ski World Cup Giant Slalom on the Podkoren 3. On this last regular race before the Finals in Aspen, Marcel Hirscher was unbeatable and took everything that was on the table for him: he secured both the Overall and the Giant Slalom globe and claimed the GS win. Before heading to Kranjska Gora, only two athletes had a shot at the Giant Slalom globe: Marcel Hirscher was leading 96 points ahead of Alexis Pinturault. The Frenchman, who already had a bad serie at the World Championships, struggled to find the rhythm and skied out in the first run. The path was cleared for Marcel Hirscher, but the Austrian didn’t gamble and earned a sizable margin of almost a second (+0.96) in the first run, over Henrik Kristoffersen (2nd +0.96) and Justin Murisier (3rd +1.10). But in the second run, the cards were redistributed and the behind Hirscher, two Scandinavians managed to land on the podium. In third place, Matts Olsson scores his second career podium in giant slalom, only a few weeks after his second place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Since he came back from a severe knee injury last season, Olsson is fired up and keeps beat his own personal records, what allows him to claim the 8th place of the current giant slalom standings. "The end result is great for me but it was a really tough race with the weather, with the snow, with everything pretty much but in the end it was great. It was raining quite a lot in the second run. With rain and poor visibility, the snow and the bumps, everything together gets real difficult. You know that the second run will not be a good feeling and you just have to fight." Leif Kristian Haugen has been on the World Cup Tour for eight years already, but this season something triggered and he impressed with very strong performances in his favourite discipline, but also in slalom and in the parallel events, where he claimed two 4th places, his best results before today. At the World Championship, the Norwegian was able to prove his great shape also in Giant Slalom, by claiming the bronze medal. So it was the logical continuation for him to earn his first World Cup podium with this second place in Kranjska Gora. "I feel obviously great. It's a career-best result and it was a rough race; I didn't get the worst light, but I didn't get the best either. I knew I had to fight hard and just not really think too much about the conditions. I think right now I'm skiing really well and I know that when I push hard, I ski my best. We've had these conditions before in the summer in Norway on the glaciers where you can't see more than a couple of meters ahead of you and it's raining so I think it's bringing back some of the stuff I've done when I was little." The two Scandinavians were honoured to share the podium with the athlete who just became the most successful skier of all time: Marcel Hirscher. The Austrian did not only manage to hold on to the lead in the second run to take his 44th World Cup win, but he also secured the Giant Slalom globe (196 points ahead of next contender Alexis Pinturault with one race to go) and the Overall globe (504 poitns ahead of next contender Kjetil Jansrud with 5 races to go). It’s the first time in the history of alpine skiing, that an athletes claims the Overall six times in a row. "If I'm telling the truth, maybe it is a little too much for me right now. It's very emotional and I'm trying right now to do a very professional job but I'm really, really thankful. I would like to just have three hours to myself after the ceremony to just think about what brought me to this point. It's just amazing to have six consecutive overall World Cup titles. It is a record where I have to say 'thank you' to many, many people, especially to my girlfriend, Laura, to my family, and the team around me. They were amazing." Tomorrow, a slalom will be held in Kranjska Gora, with the first run starting at 09.30 CET and the second one at 12.30 CET. Full Results Here Marcel Hirscher 1st Run 2nd Run

FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women's 30km Mass Start Freestyle Final Results BJOERGEN Marit 1:08:36.8 WENG Heidi 1:08:38.7 JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt 1:08:38.7 Bjoergen leads Norwegian sweep of ladies' 30 km Norway recorded it's 6th gold medal of the Championships becoming the first nation to do so by winning all the ladies' competitions. Today's winner Marit Bjoergen was apart of four of those gold medals, and 3 of them individually. By winning the ladies' 30 km mass start in free technique she won her 18th WSC gold medal. She led a Norwegian sweep of the podium with teammates Heidi Weng and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen separated by a photo finish to decide the silver and bronze medal positions. Both crossed the line +1.9 seconds behind the winning time of 1:08:36.8 set by Bjoergen. The silver went to Weng and the bronze to Jacobsen. Full Results Here Marit Bjoergen 30km Mass Start Freestyle World Champion Race Replay

but Hirscher

Ridiculous

Another good race from our girls all 3 in the top 25, and Paulína with another careers top 10. btw Paulína 4th shooting today = 17.2 seconds 5/5

Sofia Goggia takes career first win at Jeongseon downhill After securing nine World Cup podium results and a World Championships bronze medal this winter, Italian Sofia Goggia secured her career first victory at Jeongseon, South Korea, at the test event downhill for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games. The race began after a short delay due to the first forerunner crashing, but then action was underway as Lindsey Vonn pushed out of the gate with bib 1. The American had some early bobbles in the upper terrain, but she skied a fast enough run to hold the early lead. Only Goggia was able to best her by a narrow 0.07 seconds. Ilka Stuhec ultimately rounded out the podium in third, 0.23 seconds off the winning pace. “It was not [hard to win] because I just skied for myself today. I just tried to enjoy the slope, to push as hard as I could where I could, and to use a little bit more tactics when required because in the training runs, I missed a gate. So I really tried to focus on myself and this paid off," said Goggia. "It feels good, but I still have to realize it. I think that when I’m going on the podium, there at the prize giving ceremony, I’m going to realize it. But still not now.” "I thought [my run] was good. Definitely made some mistakes. The top, just kind of got rocked by the bumps and then on the bottom, just got a little bit low in my line and lost some speed. The girls made up a couple tenths on me on the very bottom, so it’s nice to know that my skiing is getting better and I finally feel like I’m on an upward pace. It’s been a struggle this year. But before Whistler [Olympics], in the test events, I was second as well, so I think it’s a good position to be in and it’s a great track, so I’m excited," said Vonn. "Right away, even after the first inspection, I knew that it was going to be a good track for me, and I think there’s also something to be said for not winning the test events. Sometimes that can be quite a bit of extra pressure added on unnecessarily. I think I have enough of that, so I don’t really need any more. I know where I can make up the time, and I think it definitely bodes well for next year." With Goggia's victory, Stuhec was blocked from claiming the downhill title prior to the final race of the season. She was three points shy of securing the small globe without carrying the fight on to Aspen. "A few turns were not that clean, I guess, because I knew I had to keep the higher line than I had in trainings. So I guess I lost some speed there, which was I lost some time again. But it’s a lesson learned, and I’ll keep that in mind when we get back here," said Stuhec. "I’m still really happy for Sofia. She really has a great season as well, and she’s skiing really good. But we have one more race. A lot is still open, but it’s skiing.” Jasmine Flury and Tamara Tippler, starting bibs 21 and 22, experienced an extremely rare timing glitch that was resolved according to the international ski competition rules. Tippler finished fifth and Flury seventh. A long hold ensued while the problem was identified, and then the race was able to resume. The ladies race a super-G at Jeongseon on Sunday. Full Results Here Sofia Goggia

Womens Division II Group B World Championship in Akureyri (ISL) Day 4 (3rd March 2017) GMT 0 13:00 Romania vs Mexico 0-6 16:30 Turkey vs Spain 0-11 20:00 New Zealand vs Iceland 4-3 After this 4th day, 3 ranks (1st, 5th and 6th places) are already determined, before the last day just a battle for silver and bronze remains opened Mexico is already the tournament winner and as 2017 womens Division II Group B world Champion is also promoted to the next years Womens Division II Group A World Championships. Turkey will finish 5th, doesn´t matter of last day results. Also Romania will finish last and will be relegated to the womens division II group B Qualification tournament next year.