Today, the Harbin Youth Federation organized a festive event in honor of the Winter Universiade. FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond thanked the Federation for its efforts. ‘Mr. Chair of the Harbin Youth Federation Dear Students, On behalf of FISU, it is a great honor and pleasure to be together with you at the occasion of […]
Women’s 1,000mThe spectators at the speed skating oval witnessed another All-Asian podium today. Gold and silver went to Chinese skaters Jin Peiyu and Yu Jing respectively. Japanese Nao Kodaira settled for the bronze. In her race for the gold, Jin Peiyu broke the Universiade Record set in 2007 (Torino) by Julia Skokova (RUS). 1. JIN […]
WomenAs the women completed their preliminary round yesterday, they had the day off today. Four men’s team had to play another game to end their preliminary round. Tomorrow’s Women’s Program Placing Game 6th & 5th JPN vs. GBR Semi-FinalsCAN vs. SVKCHN vs. FIN Men USA – JPN 3-6 (2-1, 0-2, 1-3)Although Team USA was […]
Biathlon: Russian and Ukrainian Pursuit The Biathlon Pursuit event is easy to understand: you start in the same position as the one obtained after the sprint competition. This means that the winner of the 10km sprint men, the Russian Artem Gusev was the first to take the start 2 seconds before the Ukrainian […]
Alexandra & Roman Zaretski, first WU participants for ISR and gold medallists Ice Dance The Figure Skating competition of the 24th Winter Universiade ended yesterday. As it has become a tradition, the day after the competition, all medalists of the different disciplines participated in the Figure Skating Gala of the Winter Universiade, as well […]
Women Curling Tie-breaker – Round 1GBR-CZE 8:5 Men Curling Tie-breaker – Round 1SUI-CHN 3:5
Aleksey Tchernousov, last relay for another superb Russian victory It was again a superb sunny day in Yabuli but with a really cold and changing wind.These conditions were very hard for the Cross-country skiers competing in both Men and Women’s relay.Russian team reached the top once again. Indeed, during the Men’s relay, Konstantin Glavatskikh, […]
Mizue Hoshi, from Japan, running for the gold medal in the Women’s Giant Slalom The Alpine skiing competition continued today in Yabuli with the Women’s Giant Slalom. The conditions were almost perfect for this race with good visibility some light snowfall on a superb and well prepared slope. The first run went to Anne-Sophie […]
