Korea takes first Harbin WU gold Today, February 19th, Korea pocketed the first gold medal of the Winter Universiade in Harbin, China. A fierce ‘Asian’ contest took in Heilongjiang Speed Skating Gym as women speed skaters fought very hard in the race to the 500m Speed Skating gold. Lee Sang Hwa beat all other skaters […]
A couple of hours before the Opening Ceremony of this 24th Winter Universiade, the competitors were already busy on the Yabuli slopes for the first training sessions.Indeed, Yabuli will host five sports: alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, nordic combined and freestyle skiing. The athletes’ village is almost full and all the participants are very […]
On February 18th at 20h00, the kick-off was given to commence the 24th Winter Universiade with the traditional Opening Ceremony, which took place in the Harbin International Conference, Exhibition and Sports Center Gym. FISU President Killian addresses his opening speechThe Chinese Organizing Committee dazzled the audience and the WU participants with a show […]
Today, February 18th, the Harbin Organizing Committee hosted a ceremony for the first issuing of the Harbin WU Commemorative stamp. FISU President George Killian, an avid stamp collector specializing in University Sports and Basketball, was all ears when the two artists responsible for the artwork of the stamps, Ms. Shang Yu and Mr. Wang […]
Today, February 17th, the domestic and international press was invited to the traditional joint pre-Universiade press conference of FISU and the Universiade Organizing Committee. Representing FISU at the press conference were FISU President George Killian, FISU Secretary-General Eric Saintrond, Chair of the WU Supervision Committee Kairis Ulp and Leonz Eder, Chair of the FISU […]
The first CTI meeting for snow sports took place today in Yabuli under the lead of Roger Roth (SUI) who’s the FISU CTI Chair for winter sports. Yabuli is the largest winter sports resort in China. Located at a distance of 195 km from the city of Harbin, and connected to that town by rail […]
Harbin is labeled as the Ice Capital of China and with ten ice stadiums for all ice sports it’s obviously the cradle for quite some Chinese athletes who excel in ice sports. However, the city harbors also the ‘Harbin Ice and Snow Festival’, which is China’s most original and greatest ice artwork festival, attracting […]
Today, February 14th, FISU President George Killian had an informal talk with the Chinese Press while being at the Winter Universiade Sport and Science Conference where he gave the opening address. The Universiade is a great opportunity for the student-athletes from around the world not only to learn about the Chinese culture but also from […]
