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Old Tricks the Best for Finnish Skier

Freestyle & Freeski 18 December 2013

MONTE BONDONE – Freestyle skiing often rewards the most daring tricks, but sometimes it pays to stick to what you know. For Finnish freestyle skier and Universiade gold medallist, Kalle Leinonen, this was certainly the case. “I stuck to the tricks I knew”, said Leinonen. “There is no point doing anything crazy at this point […]

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2011 WU Update Day10 - Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross

Freestyle & Freeski 3 February 2011

Manuel Eicher (green bib) flying for the Gold Medal My best Result ! ERZURUM – February 5th- There was quite a crowd to see the show at the Ski Cross final, which is always spectacular. In the Women’s event, the Final was dominated by the Manhard Sisters. Indeed Christina and Julia Manhard from Germany gained […]

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2011 WU Update - Day 2 - Freestyle Skiing

Winter Games 28 January 2011

ERZURUM –  January 28th As you know, Freestyle Skiing is part of the 2011 Winter Universiade Program as an optional discipline for the second time in FISU history. Indeed, two years ago, during the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China, we had already the Ski Cross and the Freestyle Ski Jumping events. Today, for the […]

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Giant Slalom and Nordic combined in Yabuli

Winter Games 24 February 2009

 Mizue Hoshi, from Japan, running for the gold medal in the Women’s Giant Slalom   The Alpine skiing competition continued today in Yabuli with the Women’s Giant Slalom. The conditions were almost perfect for this race with good visibility some light snowfall on a superb and well prepared slope. The first run went to Anne-Sophie […]