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Personalities on display during Pairs Figure Skating

Figure Skating 7 March 2019

Figure skaters are known for being serious and focused. But at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade, competitors are able to portray happiness, sadness, surprise, joy and so much more as their personalities shined through in their routines.    Take pairs champions Alisa Efimova and Alexander Korovin from host Russia. They start embraced, eyes locked and […]

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Japanese athlete wins last gold in Figure Skating

Figure Skating 7 March 2019

As the last set of medals in Figure Skating was awarded, Japanese Mai Mihara won gold, Kazakhstan’s Elizabeth Tursynbayeva won silver and Russian Stanislava Konstantinova took bronze.  KRASNOYARSK, 9 March – Following the results of the Short Program that the skaters had performed the day before, the three leaders going into Free Skating were Japanese […]

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Watch it! Figure Skating Russian Cup test event for WU 2019

Winter Games 18 October 2018

KRASNOYARSK – With the Winter Universiade 2019 fast approaching, another test event has started in the heart of Siberia. The Figure Skating Russian Cup Rostelecom 3rd stage is held at Platinum Arena Ice Arena from 17-20 October.    Maxim Urazov mentioned that the less time until the Winter Universiade is left, the more intensive and efficient […]

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FISU mourns death of Universiade gold medalist Denis Ten

Figure Skating 19 July 2018

Kazakh Figure Skater stabbed to death in Almaty   LAUSANNE – It is with deep sadness that FISU has learnt about the untimely death of FISU Universiade gold medalist Denis Ten, at the age of 25.  A Kazakh figure skater of Korean descent, Ten was a bronze medalist at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games,  silver […]

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#WUAlmaty2017 – Gala ends successful Figure Skating Competition

Winter Games 5 February 2017

  ALMATY – It’s a tradition at the Winter Universiade to end the figure skating competition with a Gala featuring the medallists of the competition and some other high ranked skaters. As usual, it was a stellar performance of the athletes in a dazzling show of colour and light. And all this action in front […]

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#WUAlmaty2017: Russia’s Elena Radionova wins Figure Skating Gold at her First Universiade

Winter Games 4 February 2017

    ALMATY — Less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Russia’s Elena Radionova was in Almaty, Kazakhstan with a gold medal around her neck.   The athlete from the Russian State University for Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism has been figure skating since she was four-years-old and her successes are proof of […]

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#WUAlmaty2017: Figure Skaters ... from Mexico

Figure Skating 2 February 2017

  ALMATY: When it comes to Mexico and sports, figure skating (or even winter sports in general) would probably not be the first one that comes to mind. Yet at the 28th Winter Universiade, Mexico is being represented with two athletes and both of them practice this highly aesthetic sport – Priscila Alavez and Rosado […]

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2017 WU Test Event: Kazakhstan Open Figure Skating Championship

Winter Games 12 December 2016

  ALMATY – On 9 December, the Kazakhstan Open Figure Skating Championship started in “Almaty Arena” which comprises athletes under 18 from all over the country and world. In particular, around 80 athletes from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan take part in free skating and short program. The Opening ceremony started with the welcome speech of […]