Take a trip down memory lane back to Poprad-Tatry in the High Tatras Mountains of Slovakia for the XIX Winter Universiade The final Winter Universiade of the 20th Century took place in Poprad-Tatry in the north of Slovakia, and it was expertly organised despite a flu bug that initially threatened to derail the […]
The 18th Winter Universiade was the fifth FISU World University Games held in Asia but only the first held outside of Japan, and the South Korean hosts would more than live up to expectations. Much like the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang held two decades later, the 1997 Winter Universiade was hosted by two separate […]
The local organisers of the World University Games in Jaca, Spain were cautiously optimistic about hosting the 1995 Winter Universiade. On the one hand, having successfully hosted the 10th Winter Universiade in 1981, they were more than confident in their ability to do it again 14 years later. But on the other hand, having […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Adirondack Sports Council hosted a virtual Town Hall to announce the progress being made toward the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The village of Lake Placid and the Adirondack region will host the winter edition of the flagship FISU multi-sport event in January 2023. The virtual meeting was streamed […]
After FISU announced the postponement of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade – originally scheduled for January 2021 – FISU Secretary General-CEO Eric Saintrond says the new dates should be agreed upon within the next two months. Q1. Let’s start with the decision itself. The decision to postpone the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade was obviously […]
The Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade will not take place as planned from January 21 to 31, 2021. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the International University Sports Federation (FISU), together with the Organising Committee and Swiss University Sports, has decided to evaluate the possibility of postponement of the event. A potential later date will be […]
Our stroll down the Universiade memory lane takes us this week to the base of the Tatras Mountains in southern Poland for the Zakopane 1993 Winter Universiade Look mom, no helmet! An Austrian alpiner attacks the Men’s Super-G competition with aplomb during the Zakopane 1993 Winter Universiade. The organisers of the Zakopane 1993 Winter […]
Take a trip down memory lane as the mountainous northern Japanese island famous for its beer and champagne powder skiing is back in the international sports limelight as Sapporo hosts the XV Winter Universiade These days, major winter multisport events taking place in Asia have become almost commonplace. But back in 1991, Japan […]
