Some good news in these challenging days - the team selections for the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade, set to take place from 11-21 December 2021, have now been announced for the Curling and Ice Hockey events!
FISU Secretary General and CEO Eric Saintrond, expressed his delight about the announcement of the team selections. "It is fantastic to see announcement of the teams for the Winter Universiade moving forward despite being postponed last year," said Saintrond. "This is great news not only for the Organising Committee and FISU, but for athletes and their delegations who had to put their training on hold in 2020 and are now able to compete".
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We are also pleased to announce the annual scholarship opportunity provided by FISU and the Russian International Olympic University, Sochi for the year 2021-2022. You can find a brief presentation here, the programme's brochure here and the application form here. More details to follow soon, on the FISU website.
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