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 […]
Due to the very bad weather conditions in Palandoken, all the Snowboarding events had to be cancelled today.
Gold for Japan ERZURUM – February 3rd – The Ski Jumping competition ended today with the Team event. Thanks to the regularity of Shotaro Hosada, Yumu Harada and Sho Suzuki, Japan gained the Gold Medal followed by Slovenia and Poland, three countries which are traditionally really strong in Ski Jumping events. This concluded a fantastic […]
Seppi Stiegler (USA), Winner of the Men’s Slalom Another Gold for USA ERZURUM – February 6th- The Alpine Skiing competition ended today in Konakli with the Men’s Slalom with 104 competitors coming from 30 different countries! The weather was foggy and the slope very technical that’s why a lot of skiers did not finished the […]
ERZURUM – February 5th –The “mass start” event was the last in the biathlon competition at the Universiade. No one was happier today than the FISU biathlon technical delegate, Czech Ondrej Rybar. And we are not referring to how smoothly all the events ran under the supervision of himself and the IBU delegate Ubaldo Prucker. […]
Another Gold for Ukraine ERZURUM – February 4th – Who but the Ukrainians could hope to take the mixed relay? The team was totally irresistible, with the Medallists from the previous events: Artem Pryma, Sergii Semenov, Svitlana Krykonchk and Vita Semerenko — they finished 2 minutes 28 seconds ahead of the Russians (!) and 3 […]
Jennifer Vanwagner gained the Gold ERZURUM – February 3rd- The Alpine Skiing competition continued today in Konakli with the Women’s Giant Slalom. Despite the very low temperature, the sun was shinning and the snow conditions were excellent. 83 competitors were registered for this event and the level was quite high. We must underline that […]
Gold for Austria and France ERZURUM – February 2nd- As you know, the organizers were facing problems in Konakli because of some bad weather conditions. Lack of snow, wind, and then snow storm, the program had to be adapted. The organizers decided to cut the Super Combi in two parts as they have to share […]
