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2011 WU Update - Day 4 - Snowboard: SBX Finals

Winter Games 29 January 2011

Konstantin Schad, the Men’s Gold Medallist in action ERZURUM – January 30th- Snowboardcross was the first event in the snowboard competition. Yesterday the snowboarders raced the clock one by one for qualifications, unlike the finals where they performed four at a time. Understandably, the most experienced snowboarder was the one to excel on this fairly […]

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2011 WU Update - Day3 - Alpine Skiing - GS Women

Winter Games 29 January 2011

  “American athlete took the first place in Alpine Skiing Super G” ERZURUM – January 29th- American athlete Katnie Hatman became first in the Women’s Alpine Skiing SuperG Category this morning in difficult weather conditions. Indeed it was very windy in Konakli so the event started with one and half hour of delay. Despite these […]

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2011 WU Update – Day 3 – Short Track Speed Skating: Finals 500 m

Winter Games 29 January 2011

ERZURUM – Yesterday, January 28th, we witnessed an All-Asian podium in the men’s and women’s 1,500 m. Today, a more ‘international’ podum could be witnessed.   Final Women’s 500m In the women’s final the audience witnessed a thrilling race where Canadian Valérie Lambert wriggled herself between the Asian short track powers and captured a silver […]

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2011 WU Update - Day 4 - Alpine Skiing: SG Men

Winter Games 29 January 2011

 Difficult snow conditions on today’s Men Super G event ERZURUM – January 30th- The Alpine Skiing competition continue today at the brand new Konakli Ski Resort near Erzurum. 91 competitors were registered for this Men’s Super G event. The race was very demanding due to the heavy snowfalls and the strong wind of yesterday and […]

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2011 WU Update: Winter Universiade Spoils Philately Collectors

Winter Games 29 January 2011

  This set is only available with the entire leafletERZURUM – Post stamp collectors will be delighted to find out that the Organizing Committee of the 25th Winter Universiade together with PTT, the Turkish Post, have provided a nice philately collection to commemorate the 2011 Winter Universiade hosted in Erzurum. A nice eight-page leaflet has […]

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2011 WU Update - Day3 - Ski Jumping - K125

Winter Games 29 January 2011

 Matej Dobovsek (SLO), the winner in action Matej Dobovsek, Slovenian star ERZURUM – January 29th- The Ski Jumping competition continued today in Erzurum with a fantastic K125 event scheduled early in the evening. The stadium was full of crowd to see the jumpers and the atmosphere was really electric. Matej Dobovsek from Slovenia was the […]

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2011 WU Update - Day 2 - Freestyle Skiing

Winter Games 28 January 2011

ERZURUM –  January 28th As you know, Freestyle Skiing is part of the 2011 Winter Universiade Program as an optional discipline for the second time in FISU history. Indeed, two years ago, during the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China, we had already the Ski Cross and the Freestyle Ski Jumping events. Today, for the […]

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2011 WU Update - Day 2 - Ski Jumping

Winter Games 28 January 2011

Elena Runggaldier (ITA) jumps to gold   ERZURUM – Today, January 28th, the 25th Winter Universiade really took off with student-athletes competing in a wide array of sports. Below an overview of today’s snow sport competitions. Ski Jumping For women ski jumpers the Winter Universiade is an important event. Indeed, ski jumping for women is […]