Winter Games

PAVLODAR, KAZAKHSTAN – The legacy of hosting a Universiade for host city and county take on a variety of forms, including urban infrastructure and national and international tourism profile.   On the sporting side, Winter and Summer Universiade hosts benefit from enhanced sports facilities, strengthened sports organisations and—most importantly—growth in grassroots sport participation.      […]

KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA – Online tickets sports of the Winter Universiade 2019 competitions started on 2 March, the one year out mark to the start of event.   “For the first time in the history of Winter Universiade, we start sales the year to the date before the event,” Krasnoyarsk 2019 Deputy Director General Tatyana Fomintseva […]

  Alexey Konkov , a 19-year old athlete from the Russian city of Kamtchatka Krai, won the junior Russian downhill event. We caught up the the Winter Universiade 2019 Alpine Ski test event winner to find out the details of how he prepares for top performance.   You won the downhill by one-half second over […]

Today, men’s slalom competitions took place in the Funpark “Bobrovy Log” as part of the Winter Universiade 2019 test event. Following the results of two races, the winner was Evgeny Pyasik from Moscow. A total of 72 athletes took part in the men’s slalom competitions at the Russian Cup stage. The winner of the competitions […]

 Government commits 14 million Swiss francs for the organisation of the 2021 Winter Universiade – more than originally expected BERN — When the Swiss National Council voted 40-1 to strengthen the support to the three international sporting events Switzerland will host in 2020 and 2021, government leaders made a statement: sport has an important role in […]