Winter Games

KAZAN – On September 20th, 2012, FISU delegates together with Kazan 2013 OC representatives presented the observer programme that will be put into place during the 27th Summer Universiade next July 2013 to the next Universiade Organizing Committees. Representatives from the Organizing Committees of Trentino (2013 WU), Gwangju (2015 SU), ALmaty (2017 WU) and Taipei […]

TRENTO – Dejan Susovic, FISU Director of Communications and TV broadcasting, had three-day long visit in Trentino (Sept. 11-13), to square off the organization about TV broadcasting in the various competition sites. A meeting with the Secretary General and the OC members in charge of marketing and communication was followed by an on-site inspection on […]

  TRENTINO – On the second day of the technical inspection visit of Roger ROTH, CTI Chair, Milan AUGUSTIN, WU Director and Ola SUNDEQUIST, CT Chair Snowboarding have been focused on sports installation in Tesero ( Val di Fiemme), which is the most modern stadium for cross country skiing inEurope. Within the upcoming winter season […]

TRENTINO – On June 23rd and 24th, Alison Odell, Nico Sperle and Kolë Gjeloshaj met with the representatives of the 2013 Winter Universiade Organizing Committee led by Sergio Anesi and Paolo Bouquet. The purpose of the visit was to study the possibility of holding an international education event in the context of the 26th Winter […]

  BRUSSELS – When awarding the Winter Universiade to Erzurum a number of years ago, FISU took a risk since at that time hardly any venue for snow and ice sports was in place. With the full support of the government, Erzurum became a role model city for winter sport activities with brand new top-notch […]

TRENTINO – Yesterday, April 17th, was the first day of the inspection visit in Trentino by the FISU delegation, chaired by Kairis Ulp, chair of the  Winter Universiade Supervision Committee, to have a glance of the venues and facilities arranged to host the Winter Universiade in 2013. The delegation started the inspection visit yesterday morning […]

  GRANADA – Granada 2015 continuously supports grassroots Sports. Last week, the Organizing Committee of the 2015 Winter Universiade was involved in the Spanish Junior Cup Finals Alpine Skiing with more than 300 children participating. The event took place in the Sierra Nevada, the competition venue for the snow sports of the 2015 WU.   […]

GRANADA – The program ‘Granada Winter Universiade 2015’ will be considered an event of exceptional public interest as it will benefit from tax incentives, as recorded by the draft Law on State Budget (PGE) for 2012 presented Tuesday in Congress of Deputies by the Minister of Finance and Budget, Cristobal Montoro. In an additional provision […]