Japanese speed skaters pulled the delegation’s – and Lake Placid 2023’s – second podium sweep on Tuesday when Taiyo Nonomura, Kazuya Yamada and Motonaga Arito won gold, silver and bronze, respectively, in the men’s 1500 metres of the FISU World University Games. Arito was the first of the trio to hit the ice, in the […]
It has been no secret that the environmental question lies at the heart of Lake Placid 2023. Officials and organizers have all stressed the importance of making these FISU World University Games an eco-responsible event, with conferences – most notably the three-day Save Winter conference – investments and renovations all focused on this priority. The […]
It was sprint day in biathlon at Mt. Van Hoevenberg on Wednesday as Poland’s Anna Nedza-Kubiniec and Kazakhstan’s Bekentay Turlubekov came away with gold in the women’s 7.5km and men’s 10km races at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Turlubekov, a student from A. Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University, made zero mistakes at the shooting […]
While all students in the United States had a day off from school on 16 January for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lake Placid Elementary School students are being dismissed all week. Instead of sitting in class, these youngsters are involved as spectators on site at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games – […]
For the second consecutive day, Japan’s Ryo Hirose and Finland’s Hilla Niemela topped the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games cross-country skiing podium at Mt. Van Hoevenberg. Winners of the men’s 10km and women’s 5km individual classic events on Tuesday, Hirose and Niemela dominated the pursuit races on the same distances on Wednesday, to […]
Cross-country skiing continued on Tuesday at Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games with the women’s 5km and men’s 10km individual classic races. Those events present hard challenges as the races are long enough to require strength and endurance, while also, of course, demanding that competitors ski fast. Spectators had to wait a long time […]
“Watching that big screen in the stadium and seeing him getting that gap on the last uphill – I was a little giddy with excitement.” Evan Nichols (picture below) was waiting at the finish line with open arms, ready to embrace his teammate Niklas Malacinski (main picture above), who was pulling an incredible all-out performance […]
Less than 24 hours after claiming bronze in the alpine combined on her birthday, Leonie Flötgen of Germany secured a second medal at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games on Tuesday, only this time in the women’s giant slalom… and in the brightest colour of all! Flötgen won the women’s giant slalom at […]
