TRENTO – Many of the athletes participating in the Universiades, both winter and summer, have been or will be Olympians. It is the case of one of the two Spanish ice dancing pairs involved in the Trentino Universiade. Sara Hurtado and Adriá Diaz try to make compatible two careers: the university and sports. They […]
Van der Vinne after his raceBASELGA DI PINE – While many athletes spend a long time training for the Universiade, some do not have the same kind of warning. Pepijn van der Vinne of the Netherlands actually only found out that he would be competing about five or six weeks before the start […]
Nick Montgomery of Melbourne, Australia, lives overseas for three months a year to continue his cross-country skiing ambitions LAGO DI TESERO – Living in Australia, Nick Montgomery doesn’t get the time needed on snow to practice efficiently in cross-country skiing. So, for three months a year he leaves his homeland. “I come […]
TRENTINO – The Organizing Committees of Winter Universiade Granada 2015, Almaty 2017 and the recently selected Krasnoyarsk 2019 are taking part in the FISU Observer Programme Trentino 2013, which will allow them to check firsthand the key operations and main steps for the preparation of their respective events. Nearly thirty people of the […]
Czech Republic forward Petr Novak got to live his lifelong dream of playing hockey in the United States last season CANAZEI – From the day Petr Novak laced up his skates and took to the ice to play hockey, he had only one dream: to play in the United States. “It was my dream since […]
ITA vs SWE CAVALESE/CANAZEI/PERGINE – Today, 13 December, the hockey teams hit the ice for their third day of competitions in the WU tournament. In Canazei, host Italy faced-off against Sweden, which after a blanked loss against USA where looking for their first goal of the tournament. Hardly two minutes in the second period, […]
GBR goalie Farell under pressure CAVALESE/CANAZEI/PERGINE – Today, 12 December, the other six men’s teams came into action on the Italian ice. Russia faced-off against Great Britain. The Russian team is stacked with talent, a number of players being seasoned players in the KHL, the top ice hockey league in Russia. The Brits hardly […]
Leo Trespeuch racing in red and blue of France MONTE BONDONE – The first medals of the Winter Universiade were won at Monte Bondone in the Men’s and Women’s Snowboard Cross. The Czech Republic took both gold and silver in the Women’s, while Hanno Douschan of Austria took gold in the men’s. Amongst the […]
