TRENTINO – Traditionally, the Organising Committee of the Universiade publishes a Daily Bulletin of the games. The 26th Winter Universiade in Trentino is no exception to the rule. You can download the Daily Bulletin below. C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer Daily Bulletins of the 26th Winter Universiade Daily Bulletin N° 1 Daily […]
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 […]
From left to right, Eric Saintrond, FISU Secretary General CEO, Claude-Louis Gallien, FISU President and M. Akhmetzhan Smagulovich Yesimov, Mayor of Almaty TRENTO – FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien and FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond met with Mr. Akhmetzhan Yesimov Smagulovich, the Mayor of the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty will host the 28th Winter Universiade in […]
TRENTO – The town of Trento’s first games got underway at the Palaghiaccio as the Men’s Short Programme Figure Skating began. Nan Song of China took an early lead and managed to maintain pole position in the leader tables as the day progressed. His score of 81.56 was over ten points higher than […]
TRENTO – When Stephane Walker took to the ice in the men’s short program figure skating competition, the art of figure skating was on full display. Dressed in a warrior outfit, Walker sped round the ice where he pulled off an impressive array of dance moves. His on ice performance matched the […]
Face-off of the Men’s tournament in Alba di Canazei ITA vs LAT PERGINE/CANAZEI/CAVALESE – Today, 10 December, the ice hockey tournaments for men’s and women’s teams faced-off, one day prior to the official opening of the 26th Winter Universiade. The honor was given to the women’s teams of Great Britain and Japan facing-off in […]
Claude-Louis Gallien, during the opening speech TRENTO – Tonight, 11 December, the official face-off for the 26th Winter Universiade was given for a ten-day of competitive university winter sport extravaganza. More than 2,800 student-athletes and their coaches as well as officials from a record 52 countries will compete for the gold in 11 ice and […]
