Winter Games

Photo Courtesy of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade Organising CommitteeAt the start of the week, Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade launched its campaign to find around 3’800 volunteers to help them out during the event at the end of this year.    People interested in joining the volunteer team can register through the Swiss Volunteers platform to be part of the 30th FISU winter Universiade, the world’s largest winter […]

The FISU World University Games expected to be held in Torino in 2025 will be the 7th winter edition to take place in Italy. Previously held in Sestriere in 1966, Livigno in 1975, Belluno in 1985, Tarvisio in 2003, Torino in 2007 and Trentino in 2013, all these events were organised to a high standard […]

With approximately 41% of its population under thirty, Krasnoyarsk is a young city with a vibrant sport culture that continues to grow years after hosting the Winter Universiade in 2019.   On 2 March 2019, famous Russian figure skater Alexei Yagudin skated his way into spectators’ hearts during the opening ceremony of the Krasnoyarsk 2019 […]

The Pala Tazzoli venue in TorinoTURIN, Italy – A FISU delegation led by FISU Games Winter Director Milan Augustin conducted a preliminary inspection visit to Turin, Bardoneccchia and Pragelato in Italy, to meet with the Candidature Committee and visit the sport and non-sport venues of the proposed Torino 2025 FISU World University Games.    Turin city and the Piedmont region had […]

  Team selections for the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade, set to take place from 11-21 December 2021, have been announced by FISU for Curling and Ice Hockey events.   Secretary General and CEO of FISU, Eric Saintrond, expressed his delight about the announcement of the team selections. “It is fantastic to see announcement of the […]

As Kazakhstan’s largest metropolitan city, Almaty is home to one-third to the country’s universities making it the perfect candidate for the 28th Winter Universiade. The Almaty 2017 Winter Universiade drew a record 57 countries with 2,481 participants, including 1,620 athletes.   President Nursultan Nazarbayev declared the Winter Universiade open at the opening ceremony on 29 […]

The Slovenian Alpine skier – who raced to three medals across three Winter Universiades – reminisces about his life-changing experiences   Slovenian alpine skier Andrej Šporn, triple Universiade medallist and Olympian Andrej Šporn is a three-time Winter Universiade medalist – and these days, as he puts it, a “professional father.”   Šporn, 39, who retired […]