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Richard Freitag of Germany leaps towards victory during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Innsbruck ©AFP/Getty Images
Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch, Tobias Wendl, and Tobias Arlt celebrate luge team relay victory at the World Cup in Königssee, Germany ©Getty Images
Volunteers clear the course from snow during the first run of the International Luge Federation World Cup in Königssee ©Bongarts/Getty Images
Canadian Erin Mielzynski clears a gate during the women's slalom World Cup leg in Zagreb ©AFP/Getty Images
United States Hannah Kearney held off the challenge of Canadian sisters Chloe and Justine Dufour-Lapointe to win the International Ski Federation Freestyle moguls World Cup event in Calgary ©Getty Images
Norwegian cross country skier Marit Bjørgen and her compatriot Ragnhild Haga following the prologue of the Tour de Ski in Oberstdorf ©AFP/Getty ImagesUS star Mikaela Shiffrin earned the title of Snow Queen after winning the women's slalom World Cup leg in Zagreb ©AFP/Getty Images
Germany's Felix Loch celebrates a latest World Cup triumph in Königssee ©Getty Images
Marit Bjøergen (centre) celebrates extending her lead at the Tour de Ski by winning the second leg in Oberstdorf ©Getty Images
Japan's Noriaki Kasai takes part in a qualification jump at the Four Hills competition in Innsbruck ©AFP/Getty Images
Russia celebrate after edging the US in a fiercely contested quarter-final at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships ©Getty Images