GRANADA – Russia’s figure skaters mean business. Kristina Astakhova and Alexei Rogonov are in Granada for all the right reasons. “Before you compete, you can’t have fun,” said Alexei Rogonov, the student at Moscow State Academy of Physical Education. “You must concentrate and train [before your competition].” And the duo’s rules paid off […]
GRANADA – The FISU Universiades aren’t just about competing for your country or university, they are also about making friends around the world. An hour before their freestyle skiing competition, Croatia’s Dorijan Mavrinac and Czech Republic’s Daniel Honzig, ate lunch together. “I think it’s a lot of fun to meet new people and be […]
GRANADA – There are four players on the Canadian women’s curling team. But they are not alone. Dressed in red and white and covered in flags, about fifteen of their family members have made the ten hour flight from Canada to Spain to cheer them on. “We have to support our kids,” said […]
GRANADA – From the moment Britain’s Grant Hardie was born, he was destined to be a world-class curler. “My Granddad has his own ice rink,” he said. ‘So, I’ve been on the ice since I was seven-years-old throwing rocks.” Not only that, Hardie says he has spent every family holiday on the ice […]
GRANADA – Today, 5 February, at Day 3 of the men’s ice hockey tournament the spectators saw Russia beat Korea (11-1), Sweden loose to Canada (0-7) while USA got beaten by Japan 2-3. China plays in pink jerseys At Day 2 for the women’s ice hockey competition, China surprised the spectators reversing a 0-1 […]
GRANADA – Today, 4 February, the women’s ice hockey tournament at the Winter Universiade in Granada faced-off with Kazakhstan versus Canada. The Canadians are the team to beat. Since the instalment of women’s ice hockey on the Universiade sports programme in 2009 in Harbin, China, the Canadian women never lost a game winning […]
GRANADA – He was at the 2009 Winter Universiade in China, he was at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Turkey, he was at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Italy. And now Pavel Kaska is competing for the last time, at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain. “It feels good, this is the […]
FISU President Gallien (l) with the local authorities and some volunteers GRANADA – There is less than 24 hours before the 2nd half of the 2015 Winter Universiade is underway. The official Universiade flag was hoisted up on 2 February in centric Puerta Real in Granada. Joining the Granada volunteers who hoisted the flag, […]
