A ‘dry’ biathlon test event was held ERZURUM – October 19th and 20th, the Organizing Committee of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum held the first practical test for biathlon. The new biathlon facility has been built in Kandilli, approximately 40 km away from Erzurum. It was the first time where all biathlon structural […]
ERZURUM – Yesterday, October 19th, the Organizing Committee of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum celebrated the ‘100 Day Countdown’ up to the Opening Ceremony of the FISU Winter Games on January 27th, 2011. A press conference was held in Atatürk University. In attandance of the meeting were Governor Sebahattin Öztürk, Mayor Ahmet […]
CTI Meeting in Maribor Milan Augustin & Roger RothMARIBOR – From October 7th to 8th, the FISU Technical Chairs for the Winter Universiade sports are meeting in Maribor, Slovenia, the host city of the 26th Winter Universiade in 2013. The sports technicians are lodged in the Habakuk Hotel, which will serve as the […]
ERZURUM – The ‘Friendship’ design theme for the medal and the torch that will be used during the Erzurum WU has been approved by FISU. The 25th Winter Universiade which will be held between January 27-February 6. The design refers to the city’s most important landmark, the Double Minaret Madrasah ‘hook motif’ . ARKES, […]
The Finnish Rockettes in action at the 2009 WU in Harbin The Rockettes, the university synchronized skating team from Finland which skated to a silver medal at the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China, made world history. Last week, the Finnish team mounted the highest podium at the 2010 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships […]
Multiple WU medallist Seung-Hoon Lee (c) on the medal podium in Harbin (photo: C. Pierre) Chinese figure skating pair Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo gave China their first ever Olympic figure skating title when they won gold in the pairs event in Vancouver on Monday, February 15th. The husband-and-wife team led a Chinese 1-2 […]
The fantastic brand new Konakli, alpine skiing centre First CTI plenary meeting This morning, Roger Roth, Chair of the International Technical Committee (CTI) for Winter Sports opened the first CTI “plenary meeting”. M. Roth, welcomed all the participants and especially, Muhtar Kurt, President of the Technical Committee within the Organizing Committee, and Universiade Coordinator, Mr. […]
F.l.t.r.: Eduardo Roldán, Mustafa Naïtlho, María José López & Gian Franco Kasper (Photo by Juan Ignacio) At the FIS Autumn Seminar in Zurich last week, with FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and FISU delegates Milan Augustin, Director for the WU and Roger Roth, Chair CTI in attendance, the Ski Resort of Sierra Nevada signed […]
