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Final Team Selections for Ice-Hockey, Curling, Bandy

Winter Games 15 October 2018

Russia, Kazakhstan and Canada lead the field    Women’s ice-hockey teams from Russia, Canada and USA will once again lead the field at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade.   The participation of the gold, silver and bronze medalists from Almaty 2017 was confirmed, as the final team selection was presented to the Heads of Delegation […]

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Russian president meets with Winter Universiade 2019 volunteers

Winter Games 12 October 2018

Encouragement for volunteers ahead of Universiade Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation met with the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade volunteers in the city of Ulyanovsk, where he took part in a volunteer training session.   Volunteers from 15 regions of Russia, selected for participation in the Winter Universiade 2019, were at this training session that […]

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Student Hockey Challenge gets a big thumbs up

Winter Games 11 October 2018

Dinamo wins tournament as Krasnoyarsk gets ready for Real Winter The final clash of the ‘Student Hockey Challenge’ in Krasnoyarsk was between Russia’s Dinamo (Barnaul) and Slovakia’s UMB (Banska Bystrica). It was the culmination of a week of intense competition between the best student teams from USA, Slovakia, Czech Republic and host nation Russia.   The […]

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Russia and Slovakia compete in Student Hockey Challenge Cup finale

Winter Games 7 October 2018

KRASNOYARSK — This past week the heart of Siberia has been the place for international university hockey players to showcase their early season skills as the upcoming Winter Universiade 2019 host city put on the Student Hockey Challenge Cup. The event is not only a premiere ice hockey tournament — it is also an important […]

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Ice Hockey venues fine tuned with student tournament

Winter Games 3 October 2018

International Student Hockey Challenge underway in Krasnoyarsk With 150 days left to go until the start of the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade the Crystal Ice Arena and Pervomaysky Ice Arena were thrown open for an international student team tournament, the ‘Student Hockey Challenge’. If the opening games are anything to go by, these two venues […]

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Meet FISU's Young Reporters for Krasnoyarsk 2019

Winter Games 1 October 2018

Six aspiring journalists will join FISU for thefirst ever Winter Universiade editionof the Young Reporters Programme The International University Sports Federation proudly announces the six successful applicants of the 5th FISU Young Reporters Programme at the 29th Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk selected by the FISU Media & Communication Committee Chaired by Senior Executive Committee Member Verena Burk.   “FISU is delighted […]

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Winter Universiade 2019 signs Hyundai as official partner

Winter Games 28 September 2018

  KRASNOYARSK – Hyundai Company become an official automobile partner of the Winter Universiade 2019 today as Aleksey Kalitsev, the Managing Director of Hyundai Motor CIS LLC, and Maxim Urazov, the Director General of ANO “Directorate Krasnoyarsk 2019”, signed the sponsorship contract.   Hyundai, as a partner, has provided 300 cars for temporary use by […]

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The Universiade Flame comes to previous Winter U host city Almaty

Winter Games 27 September 2018

ALMATY — On 24 September 2018, the FISU Flame of Winter Universiade 2019 made its way to Kazakhstan. Carried by torchbearers running throughout the Almaty city streets, the Flame has been made quite the impression throughout the capital of the previous edition of the event.   The Universiade Flame was greeted at the territory of Baluan Sholak […]