#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...

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#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...

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#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...

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#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,...

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#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....

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#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...

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

    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...

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#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...

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#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...

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#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...

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#WUAlmaty2017: Curlers Briar Hurlinman and Pia Trulsen take after their Famous Dads

    ALMATY - It’s not unusual when children take after their parents. And there are two female curlers who decided to walk the path of their fathers at the 28th Winter Universiade. Briar Hürlimann of Switzerland is daughter of 1998 Olympic champion skip Patrick Hürlimann and Norway’s Pia...

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#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...

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#WUAlmaty2017: Virigina Orange is the sole competitor for New Zealand and she loves Almaty

    ALMATY — Thinking of sport in New Zealand, it’s cricket, rugby and football that come to mind.   But New Zealand’s Virigina Orange says there is far more than just the sunny beach shores.   “New Zealand has everything,” she said. “We have the mountains, we have the sea, we have the...

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#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...

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#WUAlmaty2017 - University Competitors bring their Rivalry across the World to Almaty's Ice Hockey Tournament

    ALMATY — When Canadian university teams — Calgary and Alberta — went head to head in women’s hockey on 21 January, it began what would be an International rivalry because just one week later, one player from each team would meet up again in Almaty, Kazakhstan.   University of Calgary’s...

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FISU President met Jeno Kamuti, the President of the international Fair Play Committee

ALMATY - On the occasion of the 28th Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the FISU President, Oleg Matytsin, the FISU Vice-President, Léopold Senghor and the director of educational services, Kolë Gjeloshaj met with the President of the International Fair-Play Committee, Jeno Kamuti and his...

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#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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#WUAlmaty2017: Uganda's Brolin Mawejje overcomes obstacles to rise in snowboarding world

    ALMATY — Brolin Mawejje didn’t see snow until he was 12 years old.   “The first time I saw snow, it was mesmerizing. I still remember it to this day,” said Mawejje. “I had never been cold before.”   And now, at age 24, Mawejje is one of the best snowboarders in the world — and the only...

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WU Almaty 2017 Opening of the World Conference on Innovation - Education - Sport

ALMATY - The FISU World Conference on Innovation – Education – Sport started this morning at the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism in the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan. This FISU World Conference is an important part of the extensive programme of FISU Education activities, and during two days...

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