Winter Games

    ALMATY – Currently, at the ongoing Heads of Delegation meeting in Almaty, led by FISU President Oleg Matytsin, the delegates of FISU and WU participating countries have visited five venues, i.e. ‘Sunkar’ International Ski Jumping Complex, ‘Baluan Sholak’ Sports Palace, Ice Palace ‘Almaty Arena’, ‘Medeu’ High-mountain Ice Rink and ‘Shymbulak’ Ski Resort. “These […]

    ALMATY – A FISU delegation led by its President Oleg Matytsin arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan, together with the heads of delegations of many of the participating countries such as the United States of America, Russia, China, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Canada, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Poland to name a few. The […]

ALMATY – Today, the FISU Winter Universiade Supervision Committee held a working meeting in Almaty. During the meeting, the members of CSU-H and FISU representatives were given an interim report on accomplished work and discussed series of issues concerning different functional areas of the Organizing Directorate. The meeting was comprised of FISU First Vice-President Leonz […]

  ALMATY – Today, 1 September, the official contest for the 28th Winter Universiade torchbearers’ selection among students and youth of Kazakhstan started. The first torchbearers of the 2017 Winter Universiade will be 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic champion and 2015 SU champion Dmitriy Balandin (swimming) and bronze medalist of the Rio games Dariga Shakimova. […]

KRASNOYARSK – Chairman of the Government of Krasnoyarsk Region Viktor Tomenko met with the members of the FISU delegation to discuss the results of the week-long visit of the delegation of International University Sports Federation (FISU) to Krasnoyarsk. The meeting was attended by Maksim Urazov, Director of ANO “Executive Directorate of the 29th Winter Universiade […]

    KRASNOYARSK – The first day of the FISU delegation visit to Krasnoyarsk was mostly dedicated to health care issues. Dusan Hamar, Chair of FISU Medical Committee, visited the Krasnoyarsk State Emergency Hospital (BSMP) named after N.S. Karpovich, the construction site of the new Surgery Clinic, held a seminar for health care professionals of […]

    ALMATY – On the threshold of the 28th Winter Universiade 2017 in Almaty, the medical professionals involved in the event have started learning English. The English courses will be held from 4 July to 1 December in Suleyman Demirel University. The English language teacher Oxana Syurmen told about the goals of the courses. […]

    KRASNOYARSK – FISU delegates are in Krasnoyarsk from 26 to 30 July for an inspection visit of the 2019 WU host city. The main topics to be discussed will be the dynamics of venues preparation, medical services for the WU2019 participants, preparation of the venues for TV coverage and press communications. During the […]