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Austria doubles down in snowboard parallel slalom
Winter Games
23 January 2023
It was Austria Day on Sunday at Gore Mountain, where the nation dominated the women’s and men’s parallel slalom, the final snowboarding events of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University games. After taking the silver medal 24 hours earlier in parallel giant slalom, Carmen Kainz won the gold thanks to a time of 37.54. […]
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Making it big: Tanno wins second snowboard gold
Winter Games
21 January 2023
Livia Tanno might only be 20 years old, but the Swiss student-athlete from Zürich showed once again the confidence of an experienced snowboarder on Friday at Gore Mountain. Two days after her win in the slopestyle event, Tanno offered another splendid performance to pick up Big Air gold at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World […]
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Tanno, Lee impress in snowboard
Winter Games
19 January 2023
Impressive second runs by Switzerland’s Livia Tanno and South Korea’s Minsik Lee helped them overcome difficult snow conditions to win gold in snowboard slopestyle, Wednesday, at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. “The conditions were really tough. Seeing a lot of the riders not landing their run, I decided to go for an […]
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FISU Legends: Spanish snowboard halfpipe star Queralt Castellet still 'Kickin’ it and Rippin’ It'
Winter Games
4 February 2022
Granada 2015 Winter Universiade silver medallist reminisces about her experience as she soars towards a fifth Olympics in China Queralt Castellet is Spain’s undisputed “Queen of Snowboarding” A veteran of four Olympic Winter Games, the fun-loving, colorful and highly motivated 32-year-old Spanish snowboard halfpipe star is on course to compete at her […]
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Samkova Reminisces about Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade
Snowboard
1 December 2020
Trentino 2013 golden girl Eva Samková is flanked by her Czech teammate Katerina Chourova on the left and Polish bronze medalist Zuzana Smykala on the Winter Universiade Snowboard Cross podium Czech snowboard cross star Eva Samkova says that her Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade experience helped to prepare her for another victory – a gold medal […]
