Alexander Panzhinskiy and Olga Tsareva win the sprints at Cross-country Skiing Russian Cup KRASNOYARSK – As November gave way to the last month of the year, this Siberian city got even closer to the Winter Universiade 2019 that it will host from 2-12 March. One of the main Universiade venues – the Raduga Cluster […]
While this comes from the FISU World University Cross-country Championship in Entebbe, Uganda in 2014, the view will be quite the same: some of the world’s fittest athletes battling it out on grass and mud for long distance running dominance ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND — With the FISU World University Cross-country Championship returning to Switzerland this […]
Visually-impaired South African runner Louzanne Coetzee says she’s proud and excited to represent her country at the upcoming 2018 FISU World University Cross-country Championship in Switzerland, as she prepares to break new personal ground. Coetzee was born visually-impaired, but gradually lost all her sight owing to a condition called Leber’s Amaurosis, a genetic disorder […]
GALLEN – The FISU inspection team for the 2018 WUC Cross-country, composed by the Technical delegate Carlos Cardoso, WUC Assistant Pauline Hamonic and Paola Matringe, travelled to the City of St. Gallen, Switzerland in order to evaluate the progress of the local Organizing Committee. They met with OC Chair Daniel Studer, Technical Chair Hanspeter […]
CASSINO – The 20th World University Championship Cross-country 2016, hosted in Cassino, Italy has been a successful event. FISU praised the Organising Committee, headed by the ex-rector of the University, Prof. Ciro Attaianese, for the excellent work and especially for the design of the track which allowed everyone to see the running athletes. Hundreds […]
CASSINO – On 11 March, the Opening Ceremony of the 20th World University Championship Cross-country 2016 took place at the Manzoni theatre in Cassino, Italy at 5:00 pm. 19 delegations from 5 continents for a total of 124 athletes attended the event. During the Ceremony Mr. Leonz Eder, FISU 1st Vice-President, Prof. Ciro […]
LAUSANNE – FISU and the International School Sport Federation (ISF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the occasion of the Gwangju 2015 Summer Universiade. This agreement, that aimed to develop an enhanced cooperation between both organisations, will see its first implementation during the upcoming 2016 FISU World University Cross-country Championship to be held […]
CASSINO – The countdown starts. In exactly one month, i.e. 12 March, the city of Cassino will host the World University Cross-country Championships. But the delegations of the various countries will start to arrive in the martyr city already on 7 March. All details about the WUC Cross-country which will be held on […]
