| FISU Newsletter n° 181 | February 10th, 2017 |
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#WUAlmaty2017: Almaty, Thank You! Hello Krasnoyarsk! ALMATY – At 7pm sharp local time today, 8 February, the Closing Ceremony of the 28th Winter Universiade kicked-off in the Almaty Arena. After a wonderful music and dance spectacle and the national anthem of the host country, all flags of the participating delegations were marched in the... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Winning Gold, Being Deaf ALMATY - There are two athletes at the 28th Winter Universiade who share more than one could think of. They are both alpine skiers, both won a gold medal and they were both born deaf. Elena Yakovishina from Russia 24 year-old Elena Yakovishina from Russia became the first athlete... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Ice Hockey Final ALMATY – Today, 8 February, Russia and Kazakhstan faced-off for the gold medal game, while Canada took on Czech Republic for the bronze. Prior to the start of the 28th World Winter Universiade, both finalists were considered to be contenders of this ice hockey tournament. At the previous... + |
#WUAlmaty2017 - Canada Women & Great Britain Men pocket Curling Gold ALMATY - Canada women and Great Britain men have won gold medals in the curling event at the Winter Universiade Games, being held in the Almaty Arena, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Canada – skipped by two-time World Junior champion Kelsey Rocque and made up of third Danielle Schmiemann,... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Speed Skating Competition ends with Mass Start ALMATY – It was the perfect ending of the speed skating competition today, 6 February at the Medeu Mountain Ice Rink. The rink is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty and sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world.... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Curling Update - Bronze Medal Review ALMATY - Sweden’s women’s and Norway’s men’s teams have won the bronze medals on the penultimate day (Monday 6 February) of the curling competition at the Winter Universiade being held in the Almaty Arena, in Kazakhstan. Following a 4-7 defeat to Canada in Monday morning’s... + |
#WUAlmaty2017 - Gala ends successful Figure Skating Competition 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... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Update Ice Hockey - Day 8 - Women's Medal Games ALMATY – The most anticipated games of today, 6 February were without doubt the medal games of the women’s tournament. USA faced-off against China for the bronze, while Canada and Russia played for gold, a repeat of the previous edition. Women’s Bronze Medal Game CHN vs... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Argentina Present in Almaty! ALMATY: Argentina is not often part of the Winter Universiade. For Almaty, this South American country has sent two representatives to Kazakhstan. Alpine Skier Tomas Bacigalupo and snowboarder Iñaki Odriozola. “We’re proud to be here, we will try our hardest to represent Argentina,” says... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Who runs the World? Girls from Iran! ALMATY - The Islamic Republic of Iran is represented by three athletes at the 28th Winter Universiade. All of them are alpine skiers. And all of them are women! One of the representatives is Forough Abbasi, who became the second women of Iran to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi in... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Moroccan Brothers and Rivals ALMATY - Morocco is not a country one would expect to participate in winter sports. But at the 28th Winter Universiade, there are two representatives of this sovereign country located in North Africa. Both of them are alpine skiers, but what’s more, they are brothers. Meet the Lamhamedis... + |
#WUAlmaty2017: Iaqui Irarrazaval, Chilean Snowboarder, Student and Father 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... + |
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