ERZURUM – The figure skating competition of the 25th Winter Universiade ended yesterday, however it is a FISU tradition to have day after a Gala with all the medallists treating the spectators to a real show. And a show it was with enjoyable music, beautiful outfits and dazzling performances. The spectators who filled the […]
Shion Kokubun in action ERZURUM – Another busy day today February 3rd at the figure skating arena of the 25th Winter Universiade. As it was the case the previous days, the skaters could count on a full capacity crowd to present their performances. In the ladies’ individual short program, the spectators saw a wide […]
Difficult weather conditions during the Men’s Giant Slalom Bernhard Graf gained the Gold ERZURUM – February 4th- The Alpine Skiing competition continued today in Konakli with the Men’s Giant Slalom. Despite the very low temperature and the bad weather, 108 competitors were registered for this event and the level was quite high. Bernhard Graf from […]
An Exceptional Level ! ERZURUM – February 4th- There was quite a crowd to see the show at the half pipe final, which is always spectacular. In the Women’s event, all eyes were turned to the Chinese star in the discipline, Xuetong Cai, who has won a respectable number of World Cup titles over […]
Gold for USA ERZURUM – February 5th- The Alpine Skiing competition continued today in Konakli with the Women’s Slalom with 81 competitors coming from 28 different countries. With a sunny weather and hard snow the skiers were quite happy. The first run was dominated by the US skier Sterling Grant followed by Jana Gantnerova […]
From left to right: Roger Roth, CTI Chair, Leonz Eder, CIP Chair and George E. Killian, FISU President ERZURUM – With one more day left to the closing of the 25th Winter Universiade, FISU held its traditional press conference to wrap up the Games. ‘2,457 participants from 52 countries were present at this 25th […]
Due to the very bad weather conditions in Palandoken, all the Snowboarding events had to be cancelled today.
Gold for Japan ERZURUM – February 3rd – The Ski Jumping competition ended today with the Team event. Thanks to the regularity of Shotaro Hosada, Yumu Harada and Sho Suzuki, Japan gained the Gold Medal followed by Slovenia and Poland, three countries which are traditionally really strong in Ski Jumping events. This concluded a fantastic […]
