“I talked to my mum last night and told her I wanted to be first today – and so I did!” Spain’s Albert Ortega was true to his words – and surely did his mother proud – on Monday as he captured gold in the men’s alpine combined at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World […]
The mixed biathlon relay on Monday ended with a clean and concise victory for the Czech duo of Tereza Jandová and Jakub Kocián, giving the delegation its second gold and fifth overall medal at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The winners finished the event in 37:25.3 minutes, after four combined laps and […]
On a beautiful Sunday night, the queen of winter sports came to a close at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games with Team Japan claiming the top two spots in both the women’s and men’s single skating event. In the women’s competition, Mai Mihara finished first, followed by teammate Kaori Sakamoto and Korea’s […]
“Why do we love snow so much? What’s the attraction of it?” Sarah Lewis, FISU Deputy Secretary General and Chief Operating Officer, asked her audience on the last day of the Save Winter Conference taking place as part of the 2023 Lake Placid FISU World University Games. “On a bluebird day like Sunday, all bright […]
It was a spectacular Sunday morning in Eastern New York, totally clear skies and radiant sun. Such was the setting for the first long track speed skating event of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, the 1000m. The stands began to fill up well before the start of competition at the Olympic Oval, […]
Arthur Lussi competed at the Štrbské Pleso 1987 FISU World University Games in alpine skiing. However, his first memories of the biennial multisport event date all the way back to 1972, when he walked alongside the Japanese flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the Games held in Lake Placid. “I was awestruck,” said Lussi when […]
Nordic combined, consisting of cross country skiing and ski jumping, has a long tradition of competition at the highest level, and that tradition continues at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Following the individual Gundersen on Friday, the individual mass start took place Sunday with the women and men skiing five and 10 […]
Another busy day at Lake Placid 2023 allowed the numerous fans to witness great performances in cross country skiing on Sunday as Mariel Merlii Pulles became the first-ever Estonian to win a winter gold medal at the FISU World University Games, while Finland secured two more medals. Pulles topped the podium in the women’s sprint […]
