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Shiffrin strikes again as Hansdotter hits first podium of the season Mikaela Shiffrin sat in the lead by 0.17 seconds ahead of Swiss Wendy Holdener and 0.38 up on Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter after the first run of slalom in Maribor, Slovenia, on Sunday. The podium would remain unchanged in the second run, though the times did tighten up as Shiffrin claimed her 27th career World Cup victory and second Golden Fox Award for the weekend overall. “When I was a kid, I dreamed about being the best in the world in all the different events, so it’s always a step in the right direction to be performing well in two, at least,” Shiffrin said. Veronika Velez Zuzulova, starting bib 7, posted green light splits on Shiffrin in the first run but then skied out without finishing. She has been struggling with illness since her victory in Zagreb and missed the public bib draw on Saturday night. “It was really nice to ski. It was a quick course and the surface is awesome, so definitely fun. High fun factor, and I think I can move quicker,” Shiffrin said after first run. “I’m motivated by others, for sure, but I was motivated just as much last year as I am right now. I just like seeing good skiing, like Zuzu, her skiing is so nice right now. She’s so clean and powerful, so I think that’s really cool.” Holdener put down an impressive second run to hold the lead as Shiffrin took to the course. A broken gate slid between Shiffrin’s legs before passing beneath her skis, and she dropped to 0.09 seconds behind Holdener at one point following the mishap. “I skied over it a couple times,” Shiffrin said in reference to the broken gate. “It just kept coming. It was OK. I made all the gates, and that’s what matters.” But she rallied through the final interval to ultimately take the win by 0.19 seconds over Holdener. Hansdotter claimed the final podium spot in third for her first podium appearance of the season, at 0.31 seconds back. “I’ve been working so hard to get back, and I really love Maribor. It was like a good feeling from the start, so I’m really satisfied.” Holdener added her fifth slalom podium of the season without a victory in the discipline, but she was pleased to even be able to fight for the win after suffering from illness during the week. “I had a cold,” Holdener shared. “I had to rest two days because I had pain in my throat. …Then with the race and the cold temperature and everything, I had some problems yesterday afternoon. But I’m really happy with my race that I could ski that fast and not 100 percent fit, so everything is OK.” The women move on to Flachau, Austria, to race slalom on Tuesday evening, 10 January. Full Results Here Mikaela Shiffrin 1st Run Mikaela Shiffrin 2nd Run

Germany unstoppable: Rießle leads another sweep Also in 2017, the German team seems to be in unstoppable shape. This time, it was Fabian Rießle who stepped up and took his fourth career victory. He distanced his teammates Eric Frenzel by 4.6 and Johannes Rydzek by 11.6 seconds, making it into yet another complete podium sweep for the German team. In the absence of jumping sensation Jarl Riiber, who only competed on one day upon his return to the World Cup, Eric Frenzel took a clear jumping win on the HS 130. 130.5 metres gave him 137.1 points and a six-second lead on Italy’s Samuel Costa who continued in strong shape also today. After a disastrous jump yesterday, Akito Watabe was back with 126 metres. 134.6 points put him 10 seconds behind Frenzel on the track. The day already had the potential to be another glory day for the German team after the jumping part, as several athletes held good starting positions for the race. The hottest candidate for the win was Fabian Rießle who had a very good jump of 125.5 metres. 133.1 point meant only 16 seconds to catch up on his teammate Frenzel. Also veteran Björn Kircheisen positioned himself well and had 39 seconds to make up, Johannes Rydzek started at +0:59. A leading group of five athletes formed around World Cup leader Frenzel on the first uphill out of the stadium and until the intermediate point of the race, Frenzel, Rießle and Watabe alternated with the leading work while Italy’s Samuel Costa and Austrian Franz-Josef Rehrl tried their best to hang on to the group. Ultimately, these two were not up to the speed of the leaders and so the two Germans and one Japanese plus Björn Kircheisen, who had closed the gap to the leading group in the first third of the race, continued the fight for the podium positions as a group of four. As yesterday, Johannes Rydzek was the fastest man on the track and closed the 59-second gap to the group on the uphill going out of the stadium on the last lap. But Fabian Rießle was having none of it. By the intermediate time of the last lap, he accelerated the speed, broke away from Eric Frenzel, Akito Watabe and also Johannes Rydzek. While Frenzel was strong enough to fend Rydzek off, the Japanese fell to the greater stamina of the German, so that yet another complete German podium sweep became reality. Björn Kircheisen on rank five completed another great team result. But also for the local heroes from Finland, the second competition of the weekend held great achievements. Ilkka Herola finished eight, Leevi Mutru from Lahti accomplished another career-best as tenth. Only Hannu Manninen did not get the chance to improve on his 18th place from yesterday as he did not make it through the qualification held before the jumping round in the morning. 91 metres and 66.4 points meant rank 52 and an early end to the day for the Nordic Combined legend. Full Results Here

Heidi Weng wins 11th FIS Tour de Ski Norway's Heidi Weng has won the 11th edition of the FIS Tour de Ski. To do so she recorded the fastest time of the day by 38 seconds ahead of the USA's Liz Stephen. This was the first stage win of this Tour for Weng and she is now the only female winner of the Tour de Ski with less than two stage victories in a single Tour. In the battle for the final Tour podium Weng - starting with bib 2 - was able to erase her 19.2 second deficit to Sweden's Stina Nilsson by the bottom of Alpe Cermis and powered away for a clear victory in a time of 33:34.3. Finland's Krista Paramoski who was 3-times a 4th place finisher in the Tour de Ski also caught Nilsson roughly three quarters of the way up Alpe Cermis to finish in second place +1:37.0 behind Weng. Nilsson who looked to be struggling and possibly at risk of also being caught by Norway's Ingvild Flugstad hung on for 3rd place +1:54.4 back from the lead. Oestberg crossed the line just 10 seconds later. In the race for Fastest of the Day which counts for World Cup points it was Weng ahead of Stephen with Finland's Kerttu Niskanen in third +46.0. Austria's Teresa Stadlober was just 3.7 seconds behind Niskanen for 4th with yesterday's second place finisher Anne Kylloenen in 5th +1:00.1. Nilsson ended up with the 18th (+2:13.6) fastest time of the day, with Oestberg in 6th (+1:00.2) and Parmakoski 7th (+1:02.3). Full Results Here Tour De Ski 2016/17 Final Standing Here

and the fog is back. lol Hirscher will not be happy

so the crazy podiums streak is over. for the first time this season no podium for us in womens slalom

haha yes this was epic

Adam with a disappointing result once again, like all season so far..maybe time to take some time off and clear the head before the WCh. a guy with such interesting potential and not even able to qualify for second round

I think it should be safe now

yes, sure, the gaps are already huge, some +2.50 for only 8th place, this is a joke If the conditions will change, we will see many surprising names on points today

now just imagine the fog diseappear before the last racers, what a chance it would be for Bolivia

lol now they paint the track...would know what about this thinks the skiers who already finished their 1st run.

as our commentators said, this is not a slalom, this is a orienteering race

another joke race...I don´t know, is the mens slaloms cursed this season or what .. what is regular in this race ?

here Zuzulová todays very unlucky DNF what a shame, she was only 10 points behind Shiffrin but the season is still not over. nevermind Veronika ! don´t give up, next time it will be better and the main goal of the season will still remains the world champs. you can do it

what a season so far for Ilka Stuhec. This girl is actually on a total euphoria, what a 1st slalom run she showed here today.

Veronika

haha no worries, feel free to use whenever you want I´m almost certain that I am not the inventor of it too...assuming France power in sports it was surely used sometimes somewhere before

Another busy Hockey world championships day to come, tomorrow Sunday will starts also the womens Under 18 Divisions I A and B tournaments, Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 2 Schedule (8th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 South Korea vs Belgium 16:30 Australia vs Mexico 20:00 Spain vs Serbia Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 2 Schedule (8th January 2017) GMT +1 Group A in Zlín 15:30 Canada vs Russia 19:30 Sweden vs USA Group B in Přerov 16:15 Switzerland vs Czech Republic 20:15 Finland vs Japan Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 1 Schedule (8th January 2017) GMT +1 12:00 Austria vs France 15:30 Norway vs Germany 19:00 Hungary vs Slovakia *Usual format, Round Robin Tournament, 1st Ranked team will advance to the Under 18 Top Division World Championships next year and will be replaced in Division I Group A by the relegated team (the 8th ranked team) from the U18 womens world championships playing this week in Czech Republic. the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th ranked teams will maintain in this division also for next year, the 6th ranked team will be relegated next year in to Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World championships and will be replaced by the winner of this years edition which will be played simultanously this week in Poland. Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 1 Schedule (8th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 Great Britain vs Italy 16:30 China vs Kazakhstan 20:00 Poland vs Denmark *Usual format, Round Robin Tournament, 1st Ranked team will advance to the Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships next year and will be replaced in Division I Group B by the relegated team (the 6th ranked team) from the U18 womens Division I A world championships playing this week in Hungary. the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th ranked teams will maintain in this division also for next year, the 6th ranked team will be relegated next year in to Womens Under 18 Division I Group B Qualification Tournament and will be replaced by the winner of this years Qualification which will be held later this month in Spain. Livestreams

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finland - Switzerland 3-1 Nylund's pair propels Finns Finns strike early, cruise to 3-1 win over Swiss Led by the line of Jenniina Nylund, Linnea Melotindos and Emilia Vesa, Finland dominated the first period and built up a 2-0 lead, then beat Switzerland 3-1. All three of the linemates finished the game with two points. Centre Nylund led the attack, scoring both first-period goals on brilliant individual efforts. Nylund's first goal was amazing. Back to retrieve the puck on the power play, she started from her own zone and beat three Swiss penalty killers by her self – moving left, right, and left again before cutting in front and backhanding the puck into the roof of the net. Her second goal came inside the last two minutes of the opening period when she beat a defender to a loose puck in the Swiss zone, skated into the middle of the slot and beat Saskia Mauer with a wrister to the stick side. The teams traded goals in the second period. First the Swiss got on the board in the 25th minute on a strange play where Finnish goalie Jenna Silvonen stopped the shot from Rahel Enzler, but with the rebound sitting in front of her, Lara Zimmerman tried to poke at the puck. Instead, she hit the blade of Silvonen's goal stick, which propelled the puck into the net. The Finns restored their two-goal lead two and a half minutes later, however. Melotindos fed the puck from below the goal line out front to Vesa, who one-timed it in. Finland had chances to add to its lead in the third period, but Mauer made some key stops to keep her team in it. However, the Swiss were unable to generate the offence they needed and got no closer.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada - Sweden 5-1 Canada works for win Sweden led 1-0 after 1st, didn’t let up Canada was full measure for its 5-1 victory tonight in Zlin, but the Swedes forced Canada to come from behind for the win. Olivia Knowles had a goal and an assist while Emma Buckles had two assists. In all, Canada had goals from five scorers and outshot Sweden 33-17. In fact, Sweden scored the only goal of the first period, and when it fell behind in the second, Canada had its vulnerable moments. "We worked really hard in the first period and tried to keep going in the second, but it was really fast hockey, and I think maybe we got a bit tired," Sweden captain Hanna Olsson, the goalscorer, said. Olsson scored the opening goal at 3:18 when she snapped a quick shot over the glove of Danika Ranger, starting her first game for Canada. "Lina [Ljungblom] worked really hard in the corner and got the puck to me," Olsson said. "I just tried to shoot quickly, and it went in. It was great." Although Canada controlled the period, the Swedes kept their opponents to the outside, blocked shots and got sticks in the way of passes, and generally played a frustrating style of hockey. "We had a slow start, but we knew we just had to stick to our game plan," Canada's captain Ashton Bell said. "We got going, got some pucks to the net, started burying our chances." Canada got on the board at 5:12 of the second thanks to a fumbled puck by Swedish defenceman Paula Bergstrom at her blue line. Bell scooped up the loose puck and went in on goal, making a great deke on Anna Amholt to tie the score. "It was a lucky bounce, and I happened to be there and put it in," Bell recounted. Five minutes later, Sophie Shirley made a great play to set up the go-ahead goal, skating circles before dishing off to Brette Pettet whose one-timer beat Amholt cleanly. The Canadians extended their lead on a late power play, Sarah Fillier taking a shot that made its way through traffic and past Amholt, who had no chance on the play. "We looked to pick things up in the second, for sure," Shirley said. "We wanted to speed things up and get to the net more." But Sweden had some chances of its own, notably Olsson who twice came out front before shooting into the chest of Ranger. Olsson also set up Celine Tedenby on a two-on-one, but Ranger was there to block the shot. "We worked hard ot create our chances," Olsson continued. "Hopefully tomorrow they will go in. I hope so. But we have to play for three periods." Any hope for a Swedish rally was squashed 17 seconds into the third when Olivia Knowles made it 4-1 for Canada. Daryl Watts added a fifth goal midway through the period. "We have a lot of skilled players and play end-to-end hockey," Bell described. "We have great offence and defence this year." Today's teams swap opponents tomorrow. Canada plays Russia in the early game and then the Americans and Swedes play. SAll teams have a rest day on Monday.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic - Japan 3-2 Host Czechs start with win 3rd-period comeback leads Czech women past Japan In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, the Czechs opened up Group B of the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship with a 3-2 victory over Japan. They were led offensively in the see-saw affair by Natalie Mlynkova, who assisted on the team's first goal and scored the game-winner goal midway through the third period. Airi Sato figured in on both Japanese goals in the second period, scoring one and assisting on the other. “It was definitely a tough game,” Czech head coach Jan Fidrmuc said afterward. “The Japanese girls played like a machine and had us under a lot of pressure in our zone. They out-shot us, which doesn't happen very often.” Japan had a decisive edge in play in the first period, thanks in part to a pair of power plays, but Kristyna Blahova was perfect in goal. “From the moment I stepped on the ice and saw all the fans in the stands, I was petty pumped,” an excited and relieved Blahova said after the game. “The adrenalin rush you get from a packed arena is pretty awesome.” After killing off their second penalty with a minute to go, the Czechs went to the attack. Following a face-off win in the attacking zone by Mlynkova, Magdalena Erbenova's wrister from the point squeezed through goalie Mei Sato's body and arm and dribbled across the goal line with 10 seconds showing on the clock. “I think that the younger players were a bit nervous, since it was the first game they'd ever played in the World Championships ever played,” said Erbenova, who is a month away from her 17th birthday and playing in her second U18 World Championship. “Then we warmed up, though, and it was better.” The Czechs were much better in the second period and attacked hard at the start. Martina Exnerova very nearly gave her team a two-goal lead when she received the pass right in front of a wide-open net, but Mei Sato slid across to make an amazing pad save. That immediately turned into a breakaway for Japan's Remi Koyama, but she was denied by the right pad of Blahova. But like the Czechs in the first period, the Japanese were outplayed but capitalized on their chances. Midway through the period, Koyama used her speed to beat the Czech defence and, while she couldn't break totally free, managed to shovel a pass over to Airi Sato, who fired it home to tie the game. In the last minute of the middle period the Japanese took their first and only lead of the game. Following a turnover in the Czech zone, the puck was moved to Hiraku Yamashita in the slot, who fired a perfect wrister high off the post and in. “We made too many mistakes the whole game,” Fidrmuc figured. “We were definitely better in the second period but the Japanese played a simple, patient game and out-scored us 2-0.” Undaunted, the Czechs went back to the attack at the start of the third period and produced a couple more goals to regain the lead. Two minutes in, Krystyna Kaltounkova led a rush down the right wing boards to get behind the defence, then cut in front and tucked it home to tie the score. Just past the midway mark of the final frame, Barbora Machalova did some good work down low to win a battle for the puck, then fed Mlynkova in front for the quick wrister that beat Sato for the eventual game-winner. The Japanese did try to push for the equalizer, but just couldn't get a bounce to fall their way, with a dangerous scramble in Blahova's crease with six minutes to go not crossing the line. “We still believed (after the second period) that we would win,” said Blahova, who did her part in aiding the comeback by stopping all 10 shots she faced in the third period, and 23 of 25 overall. “We supported each other in the locker room and fought hard on the ice.” In the last two minutes Japan pulled Sato, who stopped 16 of 19 shots in the game. But it was to no avail, as the Czechs held on to win, pouring over the bench at the final horn to the wild approval of the Prerov faithful. With three points, the Czechs will face Switzerland in Sunday's early game. Japan will look for its first win against Finland in the later game.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USA - Russia 6-1 U.S. starts with a bang Birthday girl Barnes nets two in 6-1 win The United States began defence of its U18 women’s gold medal with a sound and speedy 6-1 win over Russia at the PSG Arena in Zlin this afternoon. Captain Cayla Barnes, celebrating her 18th birthday, scored twice for the victors. Although the Russians put up a valiant fight in their own end, they were unable to generate many scoring chances that tested U.S. goalie Alex Gulstene to any great degree. Shots favoured the Americans, 39-15. "We started off a little slowly," Barnes noted, "but once we got in our groove the goals started coming. It was a good way to start the tournament, and it was nice to help the team with two goals." "It was a tough game, but we did our best," said Russian captain Nina Pirogova. "We didn't have a good start, and we didn't play as the coaches expected, but I think we'll be better tomorrow against Canada." The Americans got the only two goals of the opening period thanks to their speed and puck pursuit. Maureen Murphy opened the scoring at 8:14 when she snapped a shot over the glove of Diana Farkhutdinova. Just 34 seconds later it was 2-0 thanks to the persistence of Natalie Heising. Her first shot was stopped by Farkhutdinova, but no one checked her and she drilled the rebound between the goalies pads. The U.S. had a great chance to increase its lead late in the period with a two-man advantage for 55 seconds, but the Russians defence, and some fine goaltending by Farkhutdinova, kept it a 2-0 game. Barnes made it 3-0 just 55 seconds into the second when her high shot in the slot hit the crossbar and dropped in behind the goal line. "The coahces have been telling us to move the puck from defenceman to defenceman and then go to open ice," Barnes described. "Russia was running a trap and I saw a lane, so I took it. I got a shot away and it hit something and went in." Taylor Wente added a fourth goal at 11:43 when she skated hard down the right wing and popped a quick shot high over Farkhutdinova’s glove. Barnes got her second of the night on a power play, sneaking in from the back side and one-timing a nice pass from Helsing over the glove of Valeria Merkusheva who took over for Farkhutdinova to start the period. "That was a great play by Natalie to see that play back door," Barnes said. "It was an amazing play by her." Anneke Linser rounded out the U.S. scoring with a goal late in the third. The Russians broke Gulstene's shutout with a goal by Daria Beloglazova 26.7 seconds from the end of time. "This is a different team from last year," Barnes said, "but our goal is the same--to win gold. We flow well together. We watched the U.S. win gold at the World Juniors, and we're hoping to do the same."

Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 1 (7th January 2017) 13:00 Mexico vs Belgium 3-5 16:30 Serbia vs South Korea 2-3 after GWS 20:00 Spain vs Australia 15-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 1 (7th January 2017) Group A in Zlín 15:30 USA vs Russia 6-1 19:30 Canada vs Sweden 5-1 Group B in Přerov 16:15 Czech Republic vs Japan 3-2 20:15 Finland vs Switzerland 3-1

Ormerod and Khadarin secure historic wins in Moscow Katie Ormerod (GBR) and Vlad Khadarin (RUS) have not only claimed their respective career's first in today's penultimate big air World Cup of the 2016-17 season staged in the Krylatskoye Sports Centre right outside of downtown Moscow (RUS). Facing tough weather conditions with temperatures below -30 °C, the British shredder and the Russian newcomer also became the first ever to win a big air World Cup for their home country. Vlad Khadarin came from zero to hero taking the scene by storm in the first snowboard World Cup competition of 2017 stomping a switch backside 1260 and a frontside 1440 in his first ever World Cup event earning an impressive score of 182.25 at the first big air World Cup in the Russian capital in seven years. “That’s unbelievable, I haven’t got any other words because everything here was new for me: my first World Cup contest, my first city big air on scaffolding and the first place. I don’t know, it’s just unbelievable, it’s so great and crazy. This is my first World Cup win but of course I’m dreaming to win others, maybe not this season but in the next years,” Khadarin said. The third best qualifier therefore relegated Canada's Antoine Truchon (174.75) who felt like home in Quebec facing super cold temperatures and Fridtjof Tischendorf (NOR, 163.75) who eanred his career's first podium finish in his fifth start to the respective second and third rank while new big air and overall snowboard freestyle World Cup leader Seppe Smits (BEL, 156.75) had to put up with fourth. In addition, the 18-year-old YOG 2016 slopestyle silver medallist from Russia who has been living and training in Madonna di Campiglio for the past six years after he moved to Italy aged twelve also had the guts to go for a frontside 18 in his victory lap before history was finally made in dominant fashion. Ormerod makes race for Crystal Globe exciting again In the women's event, Ormerod celebrated her first ever World Cup win with the smallest advantage possible. After duelling with this season's three-time World Cup winner Anna Gasser in the women's finals stomping the same tricks like her Austrian rival (backside 720 and cab 540), the 19-year-old goofy rider earned a 153.75 and therefore only 0.25 more than Gasser. “It feels amazing, I’ve always wanted to win a World Cup, and I’m really happy to win it here. I hope there’s more to come,” she commented. “I hope to get the Crystal Globe in Quebec City, I would love to get another podium and hopefully will win in Quebec. I just keep pushing and try to get it again.” However, this won't be an easy task as Gasser who successfully came back from a knee injury today still comfortably leads the women's ranking ahead of Ormerod with only one more big air World Cup to come on February 11, 2017 in Quebec City (CAN). The event will also serve as final of the three-stop Super Series. Ormerod has to win to edge off Gasser of the top spot in the women's ranking but the Austrian would definitely take home her career's first World Cup title if finishing eight in Quebec next month. As a result, the 25-year-old Carinthian stated: “I’m actually just happy to be down here healthy after really challenging conditions, I’ve just come back from a small injury, so the second place feels like a win for me today.” Best qualifier Klaudia Medlova (SVK, 117.50) rounded out the podium as third. The snowboard freestyle World Cup tour continues in Kreischberg (AUT) with this season's first slopestyle event slated to take place from January 13 – 14, 2017 Full Results Men and Women

wouldn´t be surprising, as the highly placed venue Val Martell is definitely one of the hardest biathlon venue.