Winter Games

Skyler, Danny and Joshua Kah in action. Photo courtesy of Danny Kah to UniSport Australia. In 1985 Australia etched its name into the history books with a gold and silver medal in the men’s short track speed skating event at the Winter Universiade in Belluno, Italy. ​ The success was achieved by now three-time Olympian, […]

FISU President Oleg Matytsin (left) shares the podium at the TASS Conference focused on the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade with Olga Golodets (right), the Russian Deputy Prime Minister and chair of the local organising committee This morning in Moscow, a press conference to preview the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade saw FISU President Oleg Matytsin join […]

Russian Ice Hockey Men’s Team announced for Krasnoyarsk 2019   KRASNOYARSK — Having won the last two editions of Ice-Hockey at the Winter Universiade, Team Russia is all set once again, this time with an added home advantage. Russia triumphed with gold medals in Ice-Hockey at both, Almaty 2017 and Granada 2015. In fact, the Russian team is the one […]

KRASNOYARSK – There’s 20 days to go for the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade and the army of volunteers have moved into the final stage of training. This phase of training will go on until 27 February, conducted by experts from the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World […]

Act I: Playing the part of international delegates to check venues & facilities   KRASNOYARSK – With the countdown clock showing less than a month to go for the Winter Universiade 2019, six hundred volunteers put the Universiade Village to the test to ensure that the 3,000 athletes and officials participating in the event will […]

The countdown has well and truly begun!