Winter Games

  ALMATY – After almost 20 hours of travelling, Canada’s Kyla Vanderzwet is ready to hit the slopes in Almaty, Kazakhstan is part of the 2017 Winter Universiade. “I’m excited to see what international competition is like,” said Vanderzwet, a first year medical student at Western University. The Canadian athlete will compete in the Nordic […]

    ALMATY – Today, 24 January, 5 days prior to the Opening Ceremony of the 28th Winter Universiade, the Athletes’ Village in Almaty opened its door to the delegations arriving from all over the world. The Athletes’ Village consists of 14 buildings and 3 blocks placed in the form of letter ‘U’, referring to […]

    ALMATY – Shortly after his arrival in Almaty, FISU President Oleg Matytsin‘s went on an unofficial inspection visit to the Athletes’ Village. Accompanied by Sergey Buikevich, the OC representative in charge of the Village, and Jiho Kim, WU Executive Assistant at FISU, the President had a chance to ascertain that the Village is […]

    ALMATY – “Education, Sport and Culture can bring stability and development to today’s world,” FISU President Oleg Matytsin told reporters at his arrival at the Airport in Almaty. FISU President MatytsinThe FISU President arrived today early in the morning in Almaty to participate in the 28th Winter Universiade. At the airport, Mr. Matytsin […]

  ALMATY – On 22 January, volunteers of the 2017 Winter Universiade assembled in a picturesque flashmob event in a square in front of Trade and Recreational House Dostyk Plaza in Almaty. Some hundred people lined up forming the letter U chanting the slogans of the coming competitions. One of the main aims of the […]

    ALMATY – The Winter Universiade is the largest multidiscipline 11-day sport competitions in which student-athletes will participate. The 28th edition in Almaty will see some 2,000 athletes competing for 85 sets of medals in the 12 sport disciplines. The battle for the gold promises to be very entertaining as the WU will feature, […]

  ALMATY – The Athletes’ Village of the 28th Winter Universiade 2017 is busy making last-minute preparations for the sport delegations. «At the moment, we have over 3,000 representatives of the participating delegations from 59 nations declaring to come. The teams will begin coming in from 24 January and the same day we will see […]

ALMATY – On the occasion of the 28th Winter Universiade Almaty 2017 the theatres, concert halls, museums and libriaries as well as the sports facilities throughout Almaty will serve from 20 January until 10 February as venue for cultural events. The most extensive programme will be offered by the city’s theatres including the State Academic […]