ALMATY – On October 28th two hundred students of the Academy of Sport and Tourism marched down the Abai avenue in Almaty from Central Stadium to Baluan Sholak Sports Palace as a part of the bidding campaign of Almaty to host the 2017 Winter Universiade. They were waving flags with logo of FISU and […]
A spectator record a the the Ski Jumping competitions BRUSSELS – The East Anatolian city of Erzurum, which successfully hosted the 25th Winter Universiade earlier this year puts its legacy of the Games to work. The city built and developed excellent venues for snow and ice sports, with the ski jumping facility as unquestionable […]
LAUSANNE – “Today, May 26th, FISU representatives Roger ROTH (SUI), CTI WU Chair; Marie LUNDMARK (FIN), CT Chair Figure Skating; Milan AUGUSTIN (SVK), Director Winter Universiade and Jiho KIM (KOR), Assistant to WU met with the Director General of ISU Fredi SCHMID (SUI) in order to discuss the essential points concerning the technical nature […]
ERZURUM – The figure skating competition of the 25th Winter Universiade ended yesterday, however it is a FISU tradition to have day after a Gala with all the medallists treating the spectators to a real show. And a show it was with enjoyable music, beautiful outfits and dazzling performances. The spectators who filled the […]
Difficult weather conditions during the Men’s Giant Slalom Bernhard Graf gained the Gold ERZURUM – February 4th- The Alpine Skiing competition continued today in Konakli with the Men’s Giant Slalom. Despite the very low temperature and the bad weather, 108 competitors were registered for this event and the level was quite high. Bernhard Graf from […]
An Exceptional Level ! ERZURUM – February 4th- There was quite a crowd to see the show at the half pipe final, which is always spectacular. In the Women’s event, all eyes were turned to the Chinese star in the discipline, Xuetong Cai, who has won a respectable number of World Cup titles over […]
Gold for USA ERZURUM – February 5th- The Alpine Skiing competition continued today in Konakli with the Women’s Slalom with 81 competitors coming from 28 different countries. With a sunny weather and hard snow the skiers were quite happy. The first run was dominated by the US skier Sterling Grant followed by Jana Gantnerova […]
From left to right: Roger Roth, CTI Chair, Leonz Eder, CIP Chair and George E. Killian, FISU President ERZURUM – With one more day left to the closing of the 25th Winter Universiade, FISU held its traditional press conference to wrap up the Games. ‘2,457 participants from 52 countries were present at this 25th […]
