The Swiss delegation TRENTO – A delegation from the Valais region of Switzerland met the President of the Trentino Winter Universiade Organising Committee. Valais bid for the 2019 Winter Universiade. However, the Bid Committee had finally decided to withdraw from the race for 2019 but is seriously considering to stand for 2021. It is […]
Andrej Segec teamed with his sister Eva to compete in the cross-country mixed sprint LAGO DI TESERO – There were 40 teams vying for a place in the Cross-country sprint final Sunday afternoon. However, only one pair were brother and sister. Slovakia’s Andrej Segec and Eva Segecova teamed up at the 2013 Winter Universiade […]
Team Italy & Team USA commemorating Mandela prior to their game in Canazei TRENTINO – The 2013 Winter Universiade Trentino commemorated the great figure of Nelson Mandela on the day of his funeral, on the field of play of all 10 competition venues. An extract from the opening ceremony message of the President of […]
TRENTINO – The Universiade is famously a breeding ground for Olympians, and is often a competition in which student-Olympians also compete. Milanko Petrovic of Serbia, gold medallist today in the Men’s biathlon 10km sprint, will compete in Sochi. So too will the Russian women’s curling team, who, but for one player, have come […]
A cheering crowd for the Azzurri CANAZEI/CAVALESE/PERGINE – Today, 15 December the ice hockey teams faced-off for the 5th day of the tournament on the different ice arenas in the Trentino Region. A great atmosphere reigned in the Giancarlo Scola Arena in Alba di Canazei today as host Italy played against USA. With one […]
Roger Roth, Chair of the CTI Winter TRENTINO – The Trentino Winter Universiade is half way, the right moment to have a chat with Roger Roth, the Chair of the International Technical Committee of the Winter Universiade of FISU. This Universiade announced itself as being difficult: a very short preparation time, not the most perfect […]
TRENTINO – The conditions of the facilities where the snow disciplines of the Winter Universiade are taking place require specially trained medical services. According to FISU regulations, if an accident happens at any of the snow venues, medical teams must be prepared to proceed without problems to the injured athlete, offering primary care […]
TRENTO– It is rare that a representative of a low country like Belgium, can be found in the final of a sport typically reserved for countries that have a tradition in mountainous snow sports. That is what happened today in the women’s ski cross final. Lyske Bruyninckx clung on and had all her chances against […]
