Summer Games

The German University Sports Federation, adh, has selected Stefan Kürten as their CEO for the Organising Committee of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games. The decision was made in close consultation with its institutional partners: the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community as well as the State Chancellery of the State of […]

FISU and the Organising Committee (OC) of Ekateringburg 2023 FISU World University Games have agreed on a common date for the Head of Delegations (HoD) meeting which will take place on 25-28 April 2023. The FISU Games will take place on 8-19 August 2023 in Ekateringburg (RUS), a city which has already hosted several FISU […]

Ahead of the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games which will be held from 26 June to 7 July 2022, the Head of Delegations (HoD) Spring Meeting, initially set-up to be in presential, will be held online due to the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19. FISU and the Executive Committee of the Chengdu 2021 FISU Games have […]

“Rong Huo”, the torch of the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games was officially unveiled for the first time at the Jinsha Site Museum on 31 August. Olympic champions and world champions such as Gao Min, Zhang Shan, and Chen Jing were among the athletes who participated in the celebratory event, where the uniform for […]

FISU visited the Russian Federation ahead the Ekaterinburg 2023 FISU World University Games for just under two weeks from 12-24 September. On the programme for this inspection were venue visits and progress reports from various functional areas for the summer event.   A significant milestone for FISU, the visit to Ekaterinburg served as one of […]

Creative agencies and event organizers are invited to participate in the competition. Applications can be submitted up to and including October 11, 2021.   Competitors are invited to develop a concept that will reflect the main unifying theme of the Park, ideas to organize the thematic zones, and recreational and cultural activities. The site of […]

The Organisers of the Ekaterinburg 2023 FISU World University Games were present at the ‘Russia – Country of Sports’ forum last week and took the opportunity to present the preliminary designs of the medals.   Overall, three design projects for the medals were presented. In the future, only one of them will be officially approved. […]

Mike Powell at the 1992 Summer Olympics in BarcelonaMike Powell was distraught having come up short qualifying in the long jump for the 1987 Track and Field World Championships. It appeared that the rising talent would also miss his chance to represent the United States at elite level European meets that summer.   However, an […]