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Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games: Ukraine receives Fair Play award

Winter Games 23 January 2023

At a ceremony held on the eve of the closing day of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, Vadym Stetsenko, Head of the Ukrainian Delegation and Students Sport Federation, received the Fair Play Award from the hands of the Honorable Sunil Sabharwal, Secretary General of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), and Gabor […]

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Austria doubles down in snowboard parallel slalom

Winter Games 23 January 2023

It was Austria Day on Sunday at Gore Mountain, where the nation dominated the women’s and men’s parallel slalom, the final snowboarding events of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University games. After taking the silver medal 24 hours earlier in parallel giant slalom, Carmen Kainz won the gold thanks to a time of 37.54. […]

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Sharing the podium: a German Para-Ski guide’s story

Winter Games 22 January 2023

For most people trying cross country skiing for the first time, keeping the balance on skis and trying to move is a very demanding task. Now imagine doing the same thing… without seeing anything. What seems impossible for many is the daily reality for Johanna Recktenwald, a German para-ski athlete guided by compatriot Valentin Haag, […]

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Canada back on top in women’s hockey

Winter Games 22 January 2023

The 1980 Rink was buzzing Saturday night in anticipation of the women’s ice hockey final of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Canada and Japan were squaring off after winning their respective semifinals against the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Canadians went on to dominate the gold-medal affair by a score of 5-0. […]

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Figure or speed skating? How about both!

Winter Games 22 January 2023

Shaline Rüegger is a 23-year-old student-athlete from Switzerland. Her love for figure skating goes all the way back to when she was four, thanks to her older sister, Xenia, who inspired her to try it. “My sister was the one who wanted to do figure skating when we were children,” she remembers. “I was watching […]

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Oops!... he did it again: Zabystran wins third FISU Games gold

Winter Games 22 January 2023

Waves of applause and ski poles clapping together could be heard on Saturday afternoon as Jan Zabystran was crossing the finish line. The Czech won the men’s slalom at Whiteface Mountain, marking his third gold and fourth overall medal at the 2023 Lake Placid FISU World University Games. “I thought I could battle for a […]

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Clarkson Band adds pep to Team USA ice hockey games in Lake Placid

Winter Games 22 January 2023

One of the most distinguishable traditions in American collegiate athletics is having a music ensemble to pump the crowd up. At Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, the Pep Band, as it is known, is one of the foremost traditions, and with the FISU World University Games in town, they spared no expense. The band […]

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Paul Vieuxtemps: From Thailand to Winter Podium in America

Winter Games 22 January 2023

The Thai flag is not the most commonly raised during winter sporting events, but it fluttered twice at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games thanks to one special athlete: Paul Vieuxtemps. The 23-year-old freestyle skier shared his feelings – and his unique story – after securing a pair of medals at Gore Mountain, […]