Ice dance duo Holly Harris and Jason Chan have delivered the strongest Four Continents performance of their careers, finishing fifth at the Championships in Beijing, China.
 
The pair produced near‑personal‑best scores in both segments of the competition, opening with 68.33 points in the rhythm dance—the fifth‑highest score of the round.
 
In the free dance, Harris and Chan continued their impressive form, earning 108.75 points, the sixth‑best score among all competitors.
 
Their combined total of 177.08 points secured a final ranking of fifth place, surpassing their previous best Four Continents finish of seventh last year.
 
Also competing for Australia at the Four Continents in the Pairs event was Anastasiia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore, who finished in 11th place in their first major competition of the season. The pair were ranked eighth after the short program with a score of 59.27, but fell to 11th after the free skate with a score of 82.68, giving them a total score of 141.95 points.
 
Harris and Chan along with Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore will now head to Italy for their Olympic Games debut.

The Australian Cross Country Ski Team has wrapped up its final pre‑Olympic World Cup event of the season, taking to the trails of Goms, Switzerland.
 
Rosie Fordham and Ellen Soehol delivered a standout performance in the women’s team sprint, finishing 17th, marking the pair’s best result in the team sprint event on the World Cup circuit.
 
Australian Results – Goms World Cup
Women’s Team Sprint
• 17th – Rosie Fordham & Ellen Soehol Lie
Men’s Team Sprint
• 24th – Hugo Hinckfuss & Lars Young Vik
Women’s Individual Sprint
• 62nd – Ellen Soehol Lie
• 66th – Maddie Hooker
• 69th – Tuva Bygrave
Men’s Individual Sprint
• 53rd – Hugo Hinckfuss
• 57th – Lars Young Vik
Women’s 20km Mass Start Classic
• 43rd – Rosie Fordham
• 48th – Maddie Hooker
Men’s 20km Mass Start Classic
• 62nd – Hugo Hinckfuss
• 64th – Seve de Campo

Alex Ferlazzo has finished in 23rd place in the final World Cup event before the Olympic Winter Games, competing in the second straight weekend of World Cup racing in Oberhof, Germany.

The three‑time QAS Olympian Alex Ferlazzo secured his place in the main World Cup field with a seventh-place finish in the Nation’s Cup qualifier.

Ferlazzo completed the first run in the World Cup event in a time of 43.142 seconds, putting him in 23rd place, and unfortunately missing out on the top-20 for the second run.

The event was won by German Felix Loch on home ice, securing his 56th World Cup victory

The Luge World Cup tour moved to Oberhof, Germany, for two consecutive weekends of competition leading into next month’s Olympic Winter Games.
 
In the opening World Cup event in Oberhof, three‑time QAS Olympian Alex Ferlazzo delivered one of his strongest Nation’s Cup qualifying performances of the season, securing a spot in the main World Cup field with a fifth‑place finish.
 
Ferlazzo started the World Cup race with a time of 43.087 seconds, ranking 17th after the first run. He improved in the final run, clocking 42.999 seconds, the 15th‑fastest time of the round. His combined two‑run total of 1:26.086 earned him 17th place overall.
 
The event was won by Austria’s Jonas Mueller, who finished 1.537 seconds ahead of Ferlazzo with a combined time of 1:24.549.
 
Luge athletes will remain in Oberhof for the final World Cup event on January 22-24 before the Olympic Winter Games.

Australian bobsleigh star Bree Walker has capped off a superb World Cup campaign with a silver medal at the final monobob event of the season in Altenberg, Germany.
 
Walker’s great form has her second  for the third consecutive year in the final World Cup season rankings. Walker heads into next month’s Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina full of confidence after her best season including three victories and a total of five podium finishes from seven World Cup starts.
 
Walker opened her Altenberg campaign with a strong first run, combining a solid push with excellent driving to produce the third‑fastest time of the heat at 59.50 seconds. She backed it up with an impressive performance in the final run, clocking the second‑fastest time of 59.60 seconds.
 
Her combined total of 1:59.10 secured the silver medal, and the 17th World Cup medal of her career.

The USA’s Kaillie Armbruster Humphries claimed victory with a two‑run combined time of 1:58.97, finishing 0.13 seconds ahead of Walker, while Germany’s Laura Nolte placed third in 1:59.16.
 
“I am absolutely stoked to finish on the podium again in the last race of the season, and especially here in Altenberg where I have sure had some interesting races,” said the 33-year-old from Queensland.
 
“To finish second, which then secured my second place overall, I am on top of the world. Very happy to finish the World Cup season like this, and it gives me a lot of confidence and momentum leading towards the Olympic Games in 20 days’ time.
 
“I definitely feel that my driving has gone to a whole new level this year. It’s been such a team effort to get me to this point.
 
“This season I just wanted to build momentum towards the Games, and I think we have done that. It’s been my best season so far, and I am filled with a lot of confidence and excitement heading toward Cortina.”
 
Also competing for Australia was Sarah Blizzard in 20th place.
 
Walker concluded the World Cup series with 1429 points in the overall standings, narrowly missing the Crystal Globe by just 17 points to Nolte, with Germany’s Lisa Buckwitz in third on 1320.
 
Walker and brakewoman Kiara Reddingius did not compete in the two‑woman event in Altenberg, leaving Blizzard and brakewoman Desi Johnson as the sole Australian crew in the final World Cup race of the two-woman season, where they finished in 15th place.

Australian bobsleigh star Bree Walker has created history as the first Australian to win a gold medal on the iconic St Moritz track in Switzerland, with victory in the monobob event.
 
The QAS bobsleigh pilot has now won three World Cup events this season, elevating her to second in the overall standings with just one event remaining before the Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
 
The Celerina track in St Moritz is one of the sport’s most iconic venues, as the only  track featuring hand-cut ice and natural refrigeration. Steeped in tradition, it hosted the 1928 and 1948 Olympic Winter Games bobsleigh events.
 
The 33-year-old from Queensland set the tone in the opening run with a fast push and her trademark precision driving, clocking 1:11.98 seconds, the fastest time of the round and 0.14 seconds clear of second place.
 
In the final run, as the last competitor on the track, Walker delivered another flawless performance, stopping the clock at 1:11.29 seconds. Her combined time of 2:23.27 secured victory by a commanding 0.53-second margin, marking the sixth World Cup win of her career.
 
Switzerland’s Melanie Hasler claimed silver with 2:23.80, while Austria’s Katrin Beierl took bronze in 2:23.95.
 
After the race, Walker praised her coach Pierre Lueders for helping her achieve her breakthrough victory at St. Moritz.
 
“Pierre has been teaching me for years, and it’s been a slow process. He loves this track and has had so much success here, so I think I should dedicate this win to him today.”
 
Reflecting on Lueders’ reaction in the coaches’ box, Walker added:
 
“Well that's fantastic, I'm glad Pierre had a lot of fun today, I sure did, and especially to be on the podium with Kati and Mel, that's our dream podium and we had a really good time.”
 
Also competing for Australia was fellow QAS bobsleigh pilot Sarah Blizzard in 20th place.
 
The win moves Walker into second place on the monobob World Cup standings with 1219 points, trailing Laura Nolte of Germany by 27 points on 1246, with Lisa Buckwitz also of Germany in third with 1128 points.
 
Two Woman Bobsleigh World Cup
 
On the final day in St. Moritz, the two-woman World Cup event was contested, with Walker and brakewoman Kiara Reddingius finishing 16th, while Blizzard and brakewoman Desi Johnson placed 20th.
 
The last World Cup events before the Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games will be held in Altenberg, Germany, monobob is on January 17 and the two-woman competition is scheduled for the following day on January 18.

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Bree Walker in action (top) and leading the podium in St Moritz
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Three-time QAS Olympian Alex Ferlazzo has finished in 16th place at the FIL Luge World Cup event in Winterberg, Germany.

First up in Winterberg for Ferlazzo was the Nation’s Cup qualifier, securing his spot in the World Cup field in seventh place.

In the World Cup, Ferlazzo was in 14th place after the first run in a time of 51.986 seconds. He then had the 16th fastest time in the second and final run in 52.130 seconds.

His two run combined time of 1:44.116 was 1.217 seconds behind event winner Jonas Mueller of Austria.

Ferlazzo will remain in Germany, as the World Cup tour now heads to Oberhof, for two weekends of competition before the Olympic Winter Games.

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Alex Ferlazzo in Winterberg
© FIL

The first IBSF World Cup for 2026 was held in Winterberg, Germany, where QAS pilot Bree Walker secured ninth place in the monobob event, while fellow QAS pilot Sarah Blizzard and brakewoman Desi Johnson achieved a personal-best 17th in the two-woman competition
 
In the monobob, Walker opened with the fifth fastest run in a time of 59.22 seconds, and in run two finished in 59.64 seconds which was the 12th fastest of the round, with her two-run time of 1:58.86 ranking her ninth overall. Blizzard finished in 24th place.
 
The victory went to Germany’s Laura Nolte, who finished 0.49 seconds ahead of Walker. Canadian Cynthia Appiah claimed silver, while another German, Lisa Buckwitz, rounded out the podium in third.
 
“In the two-woman event, Blizzard and Johnson opened with the 14th-fastest time in run one at 57.81 seconds, before clocking 57.88 in run two, the 19th-best of the round. Their combined time of 1:55.85 secured 17th place overall—their best World Cup finish of the season so far.
 
Walker and brakewoman Kiara Reddingius were first on track, posting 58.02 in the opening run for 19th place. They improved slightly in run two with 57.38, finishing 19th overall with a combined time of 1:55.85.
 
Germany’s Laura Nolte made it a double victory, leading a clean sweep of the two-woman podium alongside brakewoman Deborah Levi. Teammates Lisa Buckwitz and Kira Lipperheide claimed silver, while Kim Kalicki, partnered with Leonie Fiebig and Talea Prepans, rounded out the podium in third.
 
The next World Cup stop is at St. Moritz on the iconic hand-cut Celerina track, featuring the monobob event on January 11 and the two-woman competition on January 12.

Three-time QAS Luge Olympian Alex Ferlazzo has kicked off the New Year with a solid performance, finishing 15th in the World Cup event in Sigulda, Latvia.
 
Ferlazzo opened his campaign in Sigulda in the Nation’s Cup qualifier, securing his spot in the main World Cup field with an eighth-place finish.
 
In the World Cup competition, Ferlazzo posted a first-run time of 48.440 seconds, ranking 14th for the round. He followed up with 48.381 seconds in the second run, the 18th fastest of the heat. His combined time of 1:36.830 placed him 15th overall.
 
Germany’s Felix Loch claimed the top spot, finishing 1.412 seconds ahead of Ferlazzo, with Austria’s Jonas Mueller in second and fellow German Max Langenhan completing the podium in third.
 
Next weekend a World Cup event will take place in Winterberg, Germany.