Pavel Grachev & Alen Khairullin KAZAN – The world cycling tour dedicated to the 27th Summer Universiade and undertaken to pay tribute to Onisim Pankratov, the first bicycle tourist in the world, set out from Kazan one month ago, on 3 November. Within one month two cyclists – Pavel Grachev and Alen Khairullin – have travelled […]
GWANGJU – The 1st CTI inspection visit of the sports venues of the 2015 Summer Universiade has continued in Gwangju. The 3rd group of eight sports, led by Marc Vandenplas, Director of Summer Universiade and John Warnock, SU CTI Chair had their 2nd day visit on a number of training and competition venues in athletics, […]
KAZAN – The flag of the 27th Summer Universiade Kazan 2013 is now officially registered at the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation. The relevant certificate was handed to the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate at the open meeting of the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation and Heraldic Council […]
The Sedov in Tahiti PAPEETE – The 2013 Summer Universiade Flame continues its circumnavigational journey aboard the bark Sedov. After a month-long voyage from South Africa to Tahiti the crew and cadets of the Russian bark made a three-day stay in the very heart of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. Captain of the […]
KAZAN/PAPEETE – On November 26th, after travelling a distance of 4,350 miles during a month-long voyage along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean, the bark Sedov with the Universiade Flame aboard arrived at the port of Papeete on Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia. The Russian tall ship was moored in a central […]
GWANGJU – From November 26th to December 9th 2012, a FISU CTI Inspection delegation, composed of 34 delegates, divided into three groups and headed by Marc Vandenplas, Director of Summer Universiade and John Warnock, SU CTI Chair visits Gwangju for inspection on sports and sports venues of the 2015 Summer Universiade. The 1st CTI inspection […]
KAZAN – With a little more than a month left to go until the closure of online application process at www.makeureal.kazan2013.com, the Kazan 2013 volunteer recruitment drive inches closer to its completion. 41,442 candidates have already applied to volunteer during the 2013 Summer Universiade. There are representatives from various regions of the Russian Federation and […]
BUCS Gatorade Nationals Launch – Iwan Thomas & Jo Jackson SHEFFIELD – Team GB swimmer Joanne Jackson joined Iwan Thomas to launch inaugural BUCS Gatorade Nationals MMXIII, which will be held in Sheffield from 22nd-24th February 2013. The event, which will be the largest of its kind in the UK, will see approximately 6,000 student […]
