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2010 WUC Cross-Country: GBR & JPN Claim 17th Edition

Championships 10 April 2010

Men’s Race   Great Britain and Japan claimed overall titles at the 2010 FISU World University Cross Country Championship on Sunday April 11th at Fort Henry Hill in Kingston, Ont. Great Britain successfully defended its 2008 title on the women’s side while Japan – competing in its first ever championship – won the men’s 10km […]

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2010 WUC Cross-Country: Preview 2

Championships 9 April 2010

GBR will send a team of nine, talented, student athletes to Ontario, Canada to take part in the 17th World University Cross Country Championships. The GBR cross country team will be competing against athletes from 24 other countries in their first World University event on Sunday 11 April 2010. Great Britain’s athletes have a long […]

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WUC Meeting - Day 2

Championships 9 April 2010

    The second day of the WUC Committee working session was mainly dedicated to the accreditation system for the 2010 World University Championships put in place by the company Feratel. The report of the WUC Committee was finalized and a last review on some issues was made. The proposal of some new sports like […]

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2010 WUC Cross-Country: Preview

Championships 8 April 2010

Eleven Canadian student-athletes are ready to shine on home soil as Queen’s University and the city of Kingston, Ont., are set to host the 17th FISU World University Cross Country Championships on April 11th on the historic course of Old Fort Henry. Fifty female and seventy male runners from 18 countries are confirmed for Sunday’s […]

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Work Meetings at FISU HQ - WUC

Championships 8 April 2010

  Today, April 8th, a number of working sessions took place at the FISU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The WUC Committee, the Development Committee and the History Committee started their two-day meetings with the designated FISU Staff members. The working session for the World University Championships was attended by Sinisa JASNIC, Chair CTI World University […]

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2010 WUC Field Hockey Cancelled

Championships 2 April 2010

We regret to inform to you that the World University Hockey Championship planned to be held from August 28 to September 4, 2010, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will have to be cancelled. Indeed, the registration and team’s deposit deadline (March 28) is now passed and the Local Organizing Committee […]

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New Technical Chair for Field Hockey Visits FISU HQ

Championships 16 March 2010

    Today, March 16th, the newly appointed FISU Technical Chair for Hockey, Mr. Niall Sturrock visited the FISU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Sturrock met with the FISU Director for the WUC Laurent Briel to discuss the upcoming inaugural edition of the World University Hockey Championship in Edinburgh this year. The Hockey Chair also met […]

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WUC Department holds Work Meetings in Lausanne Office

Championships 15 March 2010

WUC Director Laurent Briel with Rowing Technical Chair Lionel Girard at the FISU Lausanne OfficeThe FISU office in Lausanne welcomed the World University Championships Director Laurent Briel for a string of work meetings with international federations located at the Maison du Sport International. Having recently marked half a year since its opening, the FISU office […]