ST. GALLEN – With a little more than two years to go until the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade, Swiss University Sports is going all in on the ice rink. For the first time in the history of the Universiade, two Swiss ice hockey teams, men and women, will be sent to the multi-sport event. The […]
HARBIN – From Turin to Almaty to Harbin. On 26 September 2018, the Universiade Flame international leg stopped over in the People’s Republic of China in the city of Harbin that hosted the 24th Winter Universiade in 2009. The Universiade Flame started in Wanda Indoor Ski Resort. Sergey Alekseev, the Acting Minister of Sport […]
The first Winter Universiade 2019 Torchbearer first torchbearer Nikolay Olyunin lights the FISU flame in Torino to start the relay. As a Snowboarder, Olyungin won silver at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and gold at the Granada 2015 Winter Universiade TORINO – The torch for the relay that will precede the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade […]
KRASNOYARSK — It’s about to get real. With less than six months to go for the much awaited 2019 Winter Universiade, three test events are set to be hosted in Krasnoyarsk in October. The events that will be under the spotlight will be student competitions in Ice Hockey, Short Track Speed Skating and Figure Skating. […]
After 59 years, the Winter Universiade comes back to Switzerland in January 2021. With the country’s deep roots for winter sports, the 30th Winter Universiade is sure to challenge daring competitors and captivate the audiences in attendance. Find out more about how this tradition continues today.
The legacy and sustainability of sport conference registration is open until the end of October KRASNOYARSK — The tradition of the Universiades being where sport and education converge continues in the heart of Siberia as the world’s finest winter sport student-athletes compete at the 29th Winter Universiade. While the competition kicks off on the 2nd […]
KRASNOYARSK — The Universiade flame is a symbol of the university sport movement. The right to carry the Universiade torch through the streets of one’s city signifies the intersection of sport, culture, art and education into one sphere. Those who are bestowed with the opportunity come from all ages, too! For […]
History in the making as the two-time Winter Olympics host will now hold the Universiade for a second time LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND — The Winter Universiade is set to return to the northern New York winter sports destination of Lake Placid in 2023. The International University Sports Federation (FISU) completed the […]
