The countdown is on. Just one year to go until the summer edition of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu! After a joint postponement decision between FISU and the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games Organising Committee, the FISU Games in Chengdu will now take place from 26 June to 7 July 2022. That […]
Canadian swimming great Alex Baumann credits the invaluable experience he gained at the 1983 Edmonton Summer Universiade in sufficiently preparing him for his success at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Baumann, then 19, swam to gold medals in both the 200 and 400-meter Individual Medley events in Edmonton, an impressive performance in his […]
Sergei Kariakin was recently revealed as the first Ambassador for the Ekaterinburg 2023 FISU World University Games. The winner of the Dakar Rally was given a symbolic certificate from the Deputy Head of the Executive Directorate Oleg Kolesnikov and interviewed by the organisers of the Ekaterinburg 2023 FISU Games. The famous Ekat native first got […]
Students from the Ural State University of Architecture and Art (USUAA) competed to present their best projects of the Ekaterinburg 2023 FISU World University Games Park. The final stage of the competition, which began on 2 June, saw students presenting their projects in front of a professional jury consisting of prolific members of the architecture and […]
The new FISU retro series showcases former FISU events to highlight the biggest moments of university sport history. The first episode commemorates the Edmonton 1983 Summer Universiade where future superstar athletes were in the making. The Summer Universiade made its way to North America for the first time in 1983, with the 12th edition […]
© Land NRW/Bowinkelmann Both hosts are familiar with FISU events and have hosted previous FISU World University Games, formerly known as Universiade. FISU will travel to Turin for the winter edition and Rhine-Ruhr for the summer edition of the FISU Games. 2025 will start in Italy. “Turin will have the honor of hosting this […]
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) confirmed during its Executive Committee on Friday 14th May, that the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games will take place at the end of June next year. The world’s largest international multisport event for student-athletes is scheduled to take place on 26th June to 7th July 2022. […]
Following the visit from our FISU Games Winter team in Italy, it was up to the FISU Games Summer team to head over to Germany to visit the Rhine-Ruhr region, potential candidate for the 2025 FISU World University Games. “It was 3 days of meetings and intense venue inspections with an overall high and enthusiastic […]
