PhD Student-Researcher Fred Monnaie calls the lines in Cavalese CANAZEI/CAVALESE – Today, 12 December, it was the second day of exciting competitions in the men’s ice hockey tournament of the Winter Universiade which is being played in the ice arenas in Alba di Canazei and Cavalese. The game between the two former Soviet Republics […]
TRENTO – When Stephane Walker took to the ice in the men’s short program figure skating competition, the art of figure skating was on full display. Dressed in a warrior outfit, Walker sped round the ice where he pulled off an impressive array of dance moves. His on ice performance matched the […]
TRENTO – The town of Trento’s first games got underway at the Palaghiaccio as the Men’s Short Programme Figure Skating began. Nan Song of China took an early lead and managed to maintain pole position in the leader tables as the day progressed. His score of 81.56 was over ten points higher than […]
Claude-Louis Gallien, during the opening speech TRENTO – Tonight, 11 December, the official face-off for the 26th Winter Universiade was given for a ten-day of competitive university winter sport extravaganza. More than 2,800 student-athletes and their coaches as well as officials from a record 52 countries will compete for the gold in 11 ice and […]
FISU President Gallien with the WU Torch ROVERETO – As the games got underway with the preliminary ice hockey, the “University Sport: Inspiring Innovation” conference came to a close down the valley in Rovereto. Throughout the two days, speakers from several different countries came together to share their ideas on innovation in sport, education […]
Face-off of the Men’s tournament in Alba di Canazei ITA vs LAT PERGINE/CANAZEI/CAVALESE – Today, 10 December, the ice hockey tournaments for men’s and women’s teams faced-off, one day prior to the official opening of the 26th Winter Universiade. The honor was given to the women’s teams of Great Britain and Japan facing-off in […]
TRENTO/LAUSANNE – FISU has secured a record number of broadcasting hours for its Winter event. Indeed, the 26th edition of the Winter Universiade will be broadcast worldwide amounting to a total of approximately 170 hours by different TV channels. FISU will operate as the Host Broadcaster of the event with live production of 78 […]
1st HoD Meeting in Trento TRENTO – The 2013 Winter Universiade has officially begun. The 26th edition of the games got underway with the opening meeting, in which Trentino received substantial praise in hosting the games from FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien. Rather than the normal six-year preparation, Trentino had only 18 months to get […]
