“It’s a real treat to race here,” was an easy thing to say for USA’s John Steel Hagenbuch after capturing gold on home soil in the men’s 30-kilometre cross-country freestyle mass start, the final Nordic skiing event of the 2023 FISU World University Games, Sunday. It wasn’t until the last two 5km laps that “the […]
“Lake Placid is a magical place. I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve recommended to people that they should just go down and walk around the 1980 Rink, The Miracle on Ice rink, because it’s magical in there.” A two-time NCAA All-American in alpine skiing, Roby Politi was one of the most […]
Representing Canada in women’s hockey at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games is Madison Willan, a third-year forward and science student at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton. “Obviously, it’s a huge honour. You know, every time that you put on the maple leaf, it’s a privilege to be here. There are many […]
At a ceremony held on the eve of the closing day of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, Vadym Stetsenko, Head of the Ukrainian Delegation and Students Sport Federation, received the Fair Play Award from the hands of the Honorable Sunil Sabharwal, Secretary General of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), and Gabor […]
It was Austria Day on Sunday at Gore Mountain, where the nation dominated the women’s and men’s parallel slalom, the final snowboarding events of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University games. After taking the silver medal 24 hours earlier in parallel giant slalom, Carmen Kainz won the gold thanks to a time of 37.54. […]
For most people trying cross-country skiing for the first time, keeping the balance on skis and trying to move is a very demanding task. Now imagine doing the same thing… without seeing anything. What seems impossible for many is the daily reality for Johanna Recktenwald, a German para-ski athlete guided by compatriot Valentin Haag, who […]
The 1980 Rink was buzzing Saturday night in anticipation of the women’s ice hockey final of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Canada and Japan were squaring off after winning their respective semifinals against the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Canadians went on to dominate the gold-medal affair by a score of 5-0. […]
Shaline Rüegger is a 23-year-old student-athlete from Switzerland. Her love for figure skating goes all the way back to when she was four, thanks to her older sister, Xenia, who inspired her to try it. “My sister was the one who wanted to do figure skating when we were children,” she remembers. “I was watching […]
