23rd Winter Universiade concludes today

23rd Winter Universiade concludes today
Turin (Torino), Italy hosted this year's 23rd Winter Universiade which actually took place in Turin, Bardonnechia and Pragelato. This was the 23rd edition of the Winter University Games, which are organised under the FISU licence and flag.

1,906 student athletes from 52 countries, challenged each other in 11 snow and ice disciplines (Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Ice Hockey, Nordic Combined, Short Track, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding, Speed Skating and a demonstration sport Synchronised Skating), fighting for 72 championship titles.

According to the statistics of the organisers, 24 countries won at least one medal, most of them being members of EUSA. The best results were achieved by Korean students which scored the highest on the medal ranking list, but there are seven European countries, members of EUSA among the top 10. The most successful European countries were Russia with 34 medals, Italy 17, Ukraine 16, Poland 12 and Slovenia with 10 medals.

10,620 people have accredited for the event, and 6,326 the members of the Organizing Committee staff, 3,012 of which were volunteers, who contributed to the success of the event.

Out of 39 EUSA member federations, 29 were present on the games in Italy. During the universiade, all EUSA members present at the games also had a meeting entitled "The role of EUSA in the future FISU activities: Bangkok General Assembly."

On the Closing Ceremony the FISU flag passed in the hands of the Organising Committee of Harbin, China who will organize the next Winter Universiade in 2009.

For more information about the 2007 Winter Universiade please visit http://www.universiadetorino2007.org.

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