Tag: FISU
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The First Gold Medal goes to … Australia!
KAZAN – The Australian Uniroos have registered the first gold medal of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. It was Uniroo Samantha Mills who surprisingly claimed the honours of the inaugural gold medal on the third day of competition when she snared the top spot in the Women’s 1m Springboard Dive. “I didn’t really…
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FISU President Gallien: ‘The Universiade is an Ambition!’
KAZAN – Everyone will agree, the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Universiade in Kazan was phenomenal. However, when the artistic performance of dancers and singers on the scene, supported by advanced technical ingenuity is of such a high calibre we sometimes tend to forget the meaning and power of words. As the ‘dust’ has settled…
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Kazan Universiade opens in Visual Splendor
Kazan – Russian, July 07, 2013: Those present at the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, will not disagree … it was a breathtakingly awesome opening. The sold-out stadium was overwhelmed with the visual magic the host conjured on the 360° projection screen (2,400 m²) in the middle of the Kazan…
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27th Summer Universiade; Check up Your Heart!
KAZAN – FISU, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan and the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Kazan and of course the Organising Committee of the 27th Summer Universiade established a data collection programme on athletes which will also be an excellent tool for preventive medicine (heart). From June 30th…
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27th Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan
Kazan – Russia, Mar 15, 2013: From 6 to 17 July 2013, Kazan is hosting the 27th FISU Summer Universiade, the largest multi-sport event staged in Russia in the last 30 years. During these World University Games 351 sets of medals are at stake in 27 sports. It is expected that more than 13,500 athletes…
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Kazan 2013 Volunteer Application Process
KAZAN – Dec 03: With a little more than a month left to go until the closure of online application process at www.makeureal.kazan2013.com, the Kazan 2013 volunteer recruitment drive inches closer to its completion. 41,442 candidates have already applied to volunteer during the 2013 Summer Universiade. There are representatives from various regions of the Russian…
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Eurosport and FISU to partner until 2017
PARIS/LAUSANNE – Sept 26, 2012: The Eurosport Group and FISU announce they have signed a six-year agreement, starting in September 2012. This long-term partnership will give the Summer and Winter Universiades – FISU’s highly successful global multi-sport events – comprehensive television coverage on an international basis across Eurosport’s unrivalled pan-European network. Eurosport will also produce a…
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9th Asian University Basketball Championship
Manila – Philippines: The 9th Asian University Basketball Championship for Men will be staged in Manila from September 25th to 29th, 2012 in cooperation with the Asian University Basketball Federation (AUBF) and the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP). The title game of the week-long tournament will be held at the Trinity University of Asia…
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Student-Athletes on the Olympic Medal Podium
LONDON – August 18, 2012: Now that the London Olympic Games are closed we provide you with one more update of former FISU student-athletes who mounted the Olympic medal podium. Below you will find those athletes who medaled during the last days of the Olympic competitions. In total 94 former SU/WUC participants won an Olympic…
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Upcoming 13th World University Futsal
Braga – Portugal, August 18, 2012: With 14 men’s teams and 5 women’s teams registered for the 13th World University Futsal Championship, the Portuguese city of Braga and the University of Minho are about to kick off one of the most anticipated World University Championships of the year in the FISU sporting events calendar of…