One week to go to Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games

In one week’s time, the opening of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games will take place. This will be the second time Lake Placid and the North Country of the State of New York in the United States will play host to the world’s top university athletes, the first time having been in 1972.

Energy can be felt on the streets of Lake Placid as athletes, coaches, officials, and organisers continue to arrive in preparation for the start of the FISU Games. While women’s and men’s ice hockey, and snowboard cross competition will begin before the opening ceremony, the official start to the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Games will be the evening of 12 January. The Olympic Center’s Herb Brooks Arena will be the venue for the festivities that will include performances and presentations that honour and celebrate the rich sport history of New York while highlighting the special season that is winter.

Once the LED-powered cauldron is lit, full competition in twelve sports will be underway. Alpine skiing, freestyle and freeski, snowboard, biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping, curling, figure skating, ice hockey, short track speed skating, and speed skating events will take place in and around Lake Placid, to the south at Gore Mountain, and to the north in Canton and Potsdam.

Over 1,600 athletes from 45 nations and regions will compete in 86 medal events over 11 days of competition. The FISU World Conference will be held in conjunction with the FISU Games, focusing on the topic of saving winter, as will other educational and cultural activities.

The countdown continues and a week from now a bright, global spotlight will be focused on Lake Placid and the North Country. The start can’t come soon enough!

Around the world and throughout the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, competition can be watched live at FISU.tv. In the United States coverage will be available on ESPNU, ESPN, and streamed on ESPN+, and in Canada, subject to final scheduling, TSN will have coverage on its on its broadcast and streaming platforms.

Written by Doug McLean

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