Winter Games

Mayor of the city of Krasnoyarsk Edham Akbulatov handed over the official FISU flag to the representatives of the Executive directorate of the 29th Winter Universiade Krasnoyarsk 2019 Krasnoyarsk took part in the mass cross-country ski race “Russian Ski Track 2017”. A diversified programme was prepared for the participants of the sports festival: ski races […]

    ALMATY – There are two athletes at the 28th Winter Universiade who share more than one could think of. They are both alpine skiers, both won a gold medal and they were both born deaf.   Elena Yakovishina from Russia   24 year-old Elena Yakovishina from Russia became the first athlete at the […]

    ALMATY: Argentina is not often part of the Winter Universiade. For Almaty, this South American country has sent two representatives to Kazakhstan. Alpine Skier Tomas Bacigalupo and snowboarder Iñaki Odriozola. “We’re proud to be here, we will try our hardest to represent Argentina,” says 21 years old Odriozola, a student of University of […]

    ALMATY – At 7pm sharp local time today, 8 February, the Closing Ceremony of the 28th Winter Universiade kicked-off in the Almaty Arena. After a wonderful music and dance spectacle and the national anthem of the host country, all flags of the participating delegations were marched in the Arena, followed by all delegations. […]