Saturday was just another day at the office for the Republic of Korea at the 1932 Jack Shea Arena as the delegation concluded the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games short track speed skating competition with four gold medals in as many events. Minjeong Choi added two more gold to her medal collection, making […]
Team Korea was the heavy favourite going into the second day of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games short track speed skating competition on Friday but had to settle for one gold medal in three events. While Minjeong Choi (picture above, on the left) did prevail in the women’s 500m, it was Japan’s […]
Whiteface Mountain was all set for the women’s slalom on Friday, the penultimate day of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games alpine skiing competition. Italy celebrated its second gold medal of Games courtesy of Maria Marcora, who captured first place thanks to a time of 1:54.25. Valentine Macheret of Switzerland (1:55.39) and Sara […]
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 […]
Team Japan 1 captured gold on Thursday in the Mixed Team Nordic event, a competition connecting Nordic combined, ski jumping and cross country skiing and making its FISU World University Games debut at Lake Placid 2023. “This new event format was very exciting. We hope it will remain in the program at future FISU Games,” […]
Both Finland’s and Norway’s teams were screaming at the finish line as their anchors were fighting for gold in the women’s 3 x 5km cross country skiing relay at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, Friday morning. Finland’s Hilla Niemela was coming to the final stretch shoulder to shoulder with Norway’s Karianne Olsvik […]
There was not a single thing other nations could do to deprive South Korea of the six podium spots on the first day of the short track speed skating competition at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, which featured the men’s and women’s 1500m races. For the first international race at the refurbished […]
Behind the shiny medals and cheerful celebrations, countless people work tirelessly to help the student-athletes competing at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games find their way into the spotlight. At figure skating events, Yoshiko Kobayashi was one of the many individuals who had a hand in the success of the Japanese team. Kobayashi […]
