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 […]
TRENTO/LAUSANNE – FISU has secured a record number of broadcasting hours for its Winter event. Indeed, the 26th edition of the Winter Universiade will be broadcast worldwide amounting to a total of approximately 170 hours by different TV channels. FISU will operate as the Host Broadcaster of the event with live production of 78 […]
1st HoD Meeting in Trento TRENTO – The 2013 Winter Universiade has officially begun. The 26th edition of the games got underway with the opening meeting, in which Trentino received substantial praise in hosting the games from FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien. Rather than the normal six-year preparation, Trentino had only 18 months to get […]
ROVERETO – At the conference “University Sport: Inspiring Innovation”, Thierry Zintz, Chairman of the European Observatory of Sport and Employment, spoke about the need to promote a dialogue between education, sport and employment, as well as the role of sports and activity as an important sector in society, Zintz highlighted the essence of his […]
TRENTO – The men’s ice hockey competition of the 26th Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 will be launched one day prior to the official Opening Ceremony which is on 11 December. The tournament will start on 10 December with the 12 registered men’s teams competing in three groups of four teams: the “Gianmario Scola” Arena of […]
The 26th Winter Universiade gets under way in exactly one week in Trentino, Italy, and the excitement can be felt within the delegations as well. Biggest Canadian Delegation to WU OTTAWA – Canada will once again be among the largest delegations at the biennial competition. But this time a record of 149 Canadians, including 107 […]
TRENTO – Two weeks before the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 WU Trentino, the Organising Committee is working hard to be ready and deliver a great Universiade. During the last days of preparations, the sport department met with the volunteers of the different sport clusters in order to give them some important information about the […]
TRENTO – On 13 and 14 November 2013 the FISU Protocol Team, composed of Kole Gjeloshaj, Director Educational Services, and Gwenaëlle Brugallé, Language Services Coordinator, was in Trento to meet with the Trentino 2013 OC Protocol Team headed by Marilena Defrancesco. During this two-day meeting, the teams covered all aspects related to protocol as well […]
