Speed Skating
#WUAlmaty2017: Speed Skating Competition ends with Mass Start
ALMATY – It was the perfect ending of the speed skating competition today, 6 February at the Medeu Mountain Ice Rink. The rink is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty and sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world. Although below zero […]
3rd WUC Speed Skating - Day 4
BASSELGA DI PINE – On the final day of competitions at the 3rd World University Speed Skating Championship once again Italy was the most successful country. The host nation won two gold medals to secure the first spot in the final table of medals. The first of four races on Sunday was the Ladies […]
3rd WUC Speed Skating - Day 3
BASELGA DI PINE – The snow, which fell heavily in Altopiano di Pinè, has been the main character during the third day of competitions. From the early morning, the snow was falling heavily, forcing the outstanding volunteers of the Organizing Committee, led by Enrico Colombini and by the organizers Luca De Carli and Nicola […]
3rd WUC Speed Skating - Day 2
BASELGA DI PINE – The second day of competitions at the 3rd World University Speed Skating Championship featured two more gold medals for the host nation and two gold medals for Team Poland. In the 5,000 meters Men Davide Ghiotto (ITA) won his second gold of the championship after finishing first in the Team […]
3rd WUC Speed Skating - Day 1
BASELGA DI PINE – Last night, 2 February, under a fairy-tale atmosphere, made even more enchanting by the soft snowfall, the 3rd WUC Speed Skating kicked-off with the Opening Ceremony at the Ice Rink Pinè. The National teams paraded accompanied by the tunes of the local band Folk Pinetano. Paolo Collini, the Rector […]
3rd WUC Speed Skating on the Fast Track!
BASELGA DI PINE – The races of the 3rd World University Speed Skating Championship will start today, 3 March, at the Ice Rink Piné. More than a hundred athletes, coming from 15 Nations, will compete until Sunday. Everything is ready at the Ice Rink Piné, the Olympic Oval in Baselga di Piné, to host, […]
