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2012 WUC Water Skiing: WUC Year Kicks Off with a First for Chile

Waterski & Wakeboard 11 January 2012

BRUSSELS Tomorrow, January 12th, the 2012 WUC-year will kick off with the 3rd edition of the FISU World University Water Skiing Championship in Santiago de Chile in Chile. This will be a first for FENAUDE, the Chilean member ofFISU.

The event will be held at the beautiful ‘Laguna Los Morros’ which is located in the suburb of San Bernardo. Home to a great many past world class water skiing events and site of the 2013 IWWF World Water Skiing Championships, Laguna Los Morros is considered one of the world’s most prestigious competition venues for water skiing.

Officials and competitors will be housed at the 4-Star Hotel NH Ciudad de Santiago which is located 30 minutes from the competition site.

Seventeen countries have entered the competition, i.e. Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia and the United States of America.

Stay tuned for the upcoming event at the website of the Organizing Committee where you will be able to catch some live webcasting of the event. Register with your e-mail and you will be notified when the competitions start.

 

C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer