ERZURUM – February 5th –The “mass start” event was the last in the biathlon competition at the Universiade. No one was happier today than the FISU biathlon technical delegate, Czech Ondrej Rybar. And we are not referring to how smoothly all the events ran under the supervision of himself and the IBU delegate Ubaldo Prucker. […]
Another Gold for Ukraine ERZURUM – February 4th – Who but the Ukrainians could hope to take the mixed relay? The team was totally irresistible, with the Medallists from the previous events: Artem Pryma, Sergii Semenov, Svitlana Krykonchk and Vita Semerenko — they finished 2 minutes 28 seconds ahead of the Russians (!) and 3 […]
Jennifer Vanwagner gained the Gold ERZURUM – February 3rd- The Alpine Skiing competition continued today in Konakli with the Women’s Giant Slalom. Despite the very low temperature, the sun was shinning and the snow conditions were excellent. 83 competitors were registered for this event and the level was quite high. We must underline that […]
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 […]
Second Medal for Artem Pryma, Silver this time Another Double Gold for Ukraine ERZURUM – February 2nd – The idea of the pursuit is actually very simple: the skiers leave in the order of their arrival at the sprint. So Artem Pryma (UKR) headed out in the first position for the men’s 12.5km pursuit event, […]
Bronze medallist Daisuke Murakami ERZURUM – Two major competitions in figure skating today, February 2nd: the men’s individual free program and the ice dance free program in front of another full house at the ice arena. Silver medallist Sergey Voronov In the men’s individual, the three Turkish skaters were well cheered by the public, […]
Gold for Austria and France ERZURUM – February 2nd- As you know, the organizers were facing problems in Konakli because of some bad weather conditions. Lack of snow, wind, and then snow storm, the program had to be adapted. The organizers decided to cut the Super Combi in two parts as they have to share […]
A huge crowd witnessed the start of the figure skating competition Favorites of the public, Turkish skaters Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR ERZURUM – Today, February 1st, the figure skating competition of the Winter Universiade started. The skaters started with the performance of their short program. In Ice Dancing 15 couples from 10 countries […]
