Winter Games

SWITZERLAND – During the first screening process, the Swiss University Sport Federation has called up 45 athletes and 21 officials in the sports disciplines Curling, Cross Country Skiing, Figure Skating, Nordic Combined, Alpine Skiing, Ski Cross, Ski Jump and Snowboard for the Swiss Team participating at the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum.  With Tamara Wolf, Mirena […]

  ERZURUM – Yesterday December 21st, the Organizing Committee of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum held the official Test Event for biathlon. The IBU Technical Delegate (TD) Ubaldo PRUCKER (ITA) was present to help and support the OC, while FISU was presented with Milan AUGUSTIN (Director to the Winter Universiade) and Jiho KIM (Sport […]

OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Monday the 10 CIS student-athletes and the team officials who will represent Canada in curling at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey. The 24th Winter World University Games will run from January 27 to February 6. The curling tournament kicks off on Jan. 28 with the finals set […]

General Coordinator Bekir Korkmaz being filmed   ERZURUM – Can Saraçoğlu, an experienced Turkish film director of nature sports, is filming a documentary of the 2011 Winter Universiade on behalf of the General Coordination of Erzurum 2011 WU. The shooting of the 12-part documentary film, which will last for 2 months, will be done both […]

A ‘dry’ biathlon test event was held   ERZURUM – October 19th and 20th, the Organizing Committee of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum held the first practical test for biathlon. The new biathlon facility has been built in Kandilli, approximately 40 km away from Erzurum. It was the first time where all biathlon structural […]

    ERZURUM – Yesterday, October 19th, the Organizing Committee of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum celebrated the ‘100 Day Countdown’ up to the Opening Ceremony of the FISU Winter Games on January 27th, 2011. A press conference was held in Atatürk University. In attandance of the meeting were Governor Sebahattin Öztürk, Mayor Ahmet […]

 CTI Meeting in Maribor     Milan Augustin & Roger RothMARIBOR – From October 7th to 8th, the FISU Technical Chairs for the Winter Universiade sports are meeting in Maribor, Slovenia, the host city of the 26th Winter Universiade in 2013. The sports technicians are lodged in the Habakuk Hotel, which will serve as the […]