Impressive second runs by Switzerland’s Livia Tanno and South Korea’s Minsik Lee helped them overcome difficult snow conditions to win gold in snowboard slopestyle, Wednesday, at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. “The conditions were really tough. Seeing a lot of the riders not landing their run, I decided to go for an […]
Granada 2015 Winter Universiade silver medallist reminisces about her experience as she soars towards a fifth Olympics in China Queralt Castellet is Spain’s undisputed “Queen of Snowboarding” A veteran of four Olympic Winter Games, the fun-loving, colorful and highly motivated 32-year-old Spanish snowboard halfpipe star is on course to compete at her […]
Trentino 2013 golden girl Eva Samková is flanked by her Czech teammate Katerina Chourova on the left and Polish bronze medalist Zuzana Smykala on the Winter Universiade Snowboard Cross podium Czech snowboard cross star Eva Samkova says that her Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade experience helped to prepare her for another victory – a gold medal […]
Sometimes the best things happen when you least expect them. That was pretty much how it was for Canadian snowboarder Will Malisch, at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade. “Going into Krasnoyarsk, I was pretty sure I was almost at the end of my snowboard racing career,” says Malisch candidly, as he reflects on the […]
The Snowboard programme at the 29th Winter Universiade ended with the Slopestyle competitions at the Sopka Cluster on a positive note for the home crowd, as Russians Elena Kostenko and Anton Mamaev won gold medals KRASNOYARSK, 10 March – As the women’s qualifiers started, three Russian snowboarders took the lead after the first attempt: Anastasia […]
If you think China is not really at the forefront when it comes to snow sports, you’re not the only one. Ask Tianle ‘Alan’ Li, who is part of the Chinese contingent heading to Krasnoyarsk for the Winter Universiade 2019. His college classmates find it difficult to understand why he spends so much of […]
We check in with FIS Technical Delegate Lukasz Ligocki. His reaction to the Sopka Cluster says it all: “I haven’t ever seen such a high standard sports cluster” Just before the turn of the New Year, Lukasz Ligocki, International Ski Federation (FIS) Technical Delegate, Snowboard International Judge, visited Krasnoyarsk for the first time to […]
ALMATY – Chile has sent only three athletes to the 28th Winter Universiade -two alpine skiers and snowboarder Iñaqui Irarrazaval. This 24-year old athlete manages to combine being a professional snowboarder, student of Andrés Bello University and a father to his son. “He’s awesome, we always travel together, all around the world. so he […]
