2011 WU Erzurum update

Important meetings will take place in

Erzurum in the next few months:

International Technical Committee (CTI) visit – snow sports mostly:

March 12-13, 2010

Universiade Supervision Committee (CSU) visit:

March 15 – 16, 2010

Supervision Committee CSU / Head of Delegation visit (HOD):

September 29th – October 2nd, 2010

September 28 – Arrival of CSU members

September 29 – CSU Meeting/ Arrival of HoD

September 30 – October 2 – HoD Meetings/Inspections

October 3 – Departure of all delegates

As you know, the Turkish city of Erzurum is organizing the 25th Winter Universiade in January and February 2011 (27/01-06/02-2011). This is a great challenge for this region that has not yet organized a major international competition, in any case for winter sports.

In Erzurum, many things had to be constructed to host this kind of event. Ever since the Summer Universiade that took place in Izmir in 2005, we have known that the Turks don’t do things by halves. This time all, absolutely all, the sports infrastructures will be brand-new. And the investment is enormous given the number of disciplines in a Winter Universiade.

Figure skating, synchronized skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, curling, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and the Nordic combined are all sports on the programme of this competition.

Erzurum already in the

FIS Calendar.

Decisions of the FIS Council at its Autumn Meeting 2009 in Zurich (SUI)

The Council dealt withseveral important items on its agenda and the main decisions include the following:

The organizers of the FIS Junior World Ski Championships were appointed as follows:

FIS Junior Nordic World Ski Championships 2012 in Erzurum (TUR)