“It was always my dream make it to the Olympics and the Universiade is something very similar,” says Markéta Firešová (above), a member of the Czech Ski Orienteering contingent at Krasnoyarsk 2019. She believes the Universiade is a stepping stone, as Ski Orienteering is not yet part of the Winter Olympics programme. In fact, […]
The U.S. women’s Ice-Hockey team that will compete at Winter Universiade 2019 includes four players who were part of the bronze medal winning team in Almaty 2017. Forwards Kathleen Ash, Britt Levasseur, Maddie Wolsmann and blueliner Kelsey Jaeckle – who happens to be the reigning American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) ‘Player of the Year’ – will lead the field. Picture […]
If you think China is not really at the forefront when it comes to snow sports, you’re not the only one. Ask Tianle ‘Alan’ Li, who is part of the Chinese contingent heading to Krasnoyarsk for the Winter Universiade 2019. His college classmates find it difficult to understand why he spends so much of […]
Alpine Skiing holds a special place in the Winter Universiade, as it was this discipline that saw the first medal ever awarded in Winter Universiade history. This was back in 1960 in the mountain village of Chamonix, heart of the French Alps. It was there, skiing on home snow just below the jagged and […]
If there’s one sport at the Winter Universiade 2019 that is truly at home in Krasnoyarsk, it’s Bandy. Also known as ‘Russian hockey’ this sport has been included in the Winter Universiade competition programme for the first time in history because of a strong Bandy culture in Russia and specifically, in Krasnoyarsk. Sergei Lomanov […]
Team Canada and Team Great Britain head into the Curling competition in Krasnoyarsk hoping to repeat the success of Almaty 2017. For Canada, their only gold at the previous Winter Universiade came from the women’s Curling team and such are the hopes pinned on Danielle Schmiemann – who was part of that squad – that […]
A couple of days ago, we introduced you to a family from Down Under that has Short Track Speed Skating in its blood. Let’s now turn our attention to an entire country that seems to have Speed Skating in its blood. South Korean Short Track Speed Skaters have won a combined 42 Winter Olympic medals, including […]
