Winter Sports

Lviv officials have announced the Ukrainian city’s bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games is to be put on hold until after national presidential elections have taken place on May 25.

Organisers of the Freeride World Tour skiing and snowboarding series have announced that the 2015 edition of the tour is to expand with the addition of two new events in Andorra and Alaska.

Gian-Franco Kasper, head of the International Ski Federation (FIS), has been elected to return as president of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF).

Krakow councillors have voted in favour of holding a referendum on whether the Polish city should host the 2022 winter Olympics, with a date of May 25 set to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach claims he is “not worried” about a potential lack of bid cities for the hosting rights to the 2022 winter Olympics.

Jacek Majchrowski, the Mayor of Krakow, has announced that he will hold a referendum on whether the Polish city should bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games.

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, the founder and chairman of Generations For Peace, has hailed the organisation’s ‘Legacy Today’ partnership with Sochi 2014 and Sochi city administration.

Sergej Gontcharov, the chief executive of Lviv’s bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games, has admitted that the current political upheaval in Ukraine means the city’s campaign to land the event is “very uncertain.”

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that Cable in the US state of Wisconsin will host the 2015 Nordic Skiing World Championships.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has said it is keen to introduce a nations team event to the Alpine skiing programme at the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said he is keen to add a women’s event in Nordic combined to future winter Olympic Games programmes – a move that would break down the last bastion of male-only competition at the event.

Oslo’s bid leaders for the Norwegian city’s tilt at the 2022 winter Olympic Games have said they are confident in securing the financial support and public backing necessary to justify its status as a favourite to land the multi-sport event.

Ukrainian Olympic Committee president Sergei Bubka has maintained the political turmoil in the country will not derail Lviv’s bid for the 2022 winter Olympic Games.

International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has added to the calls for cyclo-cross to be introduced as a winter Olympic sport by stating the discipline would make for an “exciting addition” to the programme.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has reiterated his confidence that Sochi will stage a “safe and secure” winter Olympic Games with little over a week remaining until the event commences.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and the Aspen Skiing Company have reached an agreement to keep the X Games extreme sports event at the Colorado location for the next five years in a new deal running through 2019.