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| XXVIII Winter Universiade | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Slogan | Spread your wings! |
| Participating countries | |
| Number of athletes | |
| Types of sports | 13 |
| Medals up for grabs | |
| Opening date | January 28 |
| opened | |
| Closing date | February 8 |
| Flame of the Universiade | |
| Stadium | Ice Palace |
| Universiade website | |
Winter Universiade 2017- The 28th World Winter Universiade will be held in the Kazakh city of Almaty from January 28 to February 8, 2017.
Contenders and choice of city
The following applied for the right to host:
However, a week before the announcement of the results, due to the fact that the right to host the 2013 Winter Universiade had passed to Trentino, as well as due to the economic crisis, the Italian government decided to withdraw his candidacy:“Given the difficult economic situation in Italy and the high financial obligations to the International Federation for at the moment The Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento does not see the possibility of finding funds to host the Universiade in 2017 and therefore withdraws the candidacy of our city.”
The official decision to hold the Universiade in Almaty was made at a vote of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) on November 29, 2011, held in Brussels (Belgium).
Thus, due to the lack of competitors, Almaty became the capital of the 28th Winter Universiade in 2017.
As hosts, an additional sport is included in the games program - bandy.
Universiade objects
It was previously reported that Kazakhstan will spend $950 million to host the 2017 Universiade. In Almaty, an ice palace, two ice skating rinks, a student campus, and olympic village and complete the international terminal of the airport. Such relatively small costs are explained by the fact that some of the facilities had already been built for the 7th Asian Winter Games (see Sports arenas of the 2011 Asian Winter Games), some of the competitions of which were also held in Almaty, and some existed earlier and were simply reconstructed.
Sports
During the Universiade, competitions will be held in 13 sports:
Universiade logo
The logo of the Winter Universiade in Almaty was created at the intersection of the following images and concepts:
- The letter “U” is an integral attribute of all Universiade logos.
- Mountain peaks are the personification of the natural beauty of Kazakhstan, winter and the desire for high sporting achievements.
The logo is created in bright and soft colors, which emphasizes modernity and a special environmentally friendly approach, which is one of essential elements general concept.
Universiade Management
On June 14, 2016, Nail Nurov was appointed to the post of head of the directorate for the preparation and holding of the 28th World Winter Universiade 2017 in Almaty.
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An excerpt characterizing the Winter Universiade 2017
By taking smaller and smaller units of movement, we only get closer to the solution of the problem, but never achieve it. Only by admitting an infinitesimal value and an ascending progression from it to one tenth and taking the sum of this geometric progression do we achieve a solution to the question. A new branch of mathematics, having achieved the art of dealing with infinitesimal quantities, and in other more complex issues movement now provides answers to questions that seemed insoluble.This new, unknown to the ancients, branch of mathematics, when considering issues of motion, admits infinitesimal quantities, that is, those at which the main condition of motion is restored (absolute continuity), thereby correcting that inevitable mistake that the human mind cannot help but make when considering instead of continuous movement, individual units of movement.
In the search for the laws of historical movement, exactly the same thing happens.
The movement of humanity, resulting from countless human tyranny, occurs continuously.
Comprehension of the laws of this movement is the goal of history. But in order to comprehend the laws of continuous movement of the sum of all the arbitrariness of people, the human mind allows for arbitrary, discontinuous units. The first method of history is to take an arbitrary series of continuous events and consider it separately from the others, whereas there is not and cannot be the beginning of any event, and one event always follows continuously from another. The second technique is to consider the action of one person, a king, a commander, as the sum of the arbitrariness of people, while the sum of human arbitrariness is never expressed in the activity of one historical person.
Historical science, in its movement, constantly accepts smaller and smaller units for consideration and in this way strives to get closer to the truth. But no matter how small the units that history accepts, we feel that the assumption of a unit separated from another, the assumption of the beginning of some phenomenon and the assumption that the arbitrariness of all people is expressed in the actions of one historical person are false in themselves.
Every conclusion of history, without the slightest effort on the part of criticism, disintegrates like dust, leaving nothing behind, only due to the fact that criticism selects a larger or smaller discontinuous unit as the object of observation; to which she always has the right, since the historical unit taken is always arbitrary.
Only by allowing an infinitely small unit for observation - the differential of history, that is, the homogeneous drives of people, and having achieved the art of integrating (taking the sums of these infinitesimals), can we hope to comprehend the laws of history.
The first fifteen years of the 19th century in Europe represented an extraordinary movement of millions of people. People leave their usual occupations, rush from one side of Europe to the other, rob, kill one another, triumph and despair, and the whole course of life changes for several years and represents an intensified movement, which at first increases, then weakens. What was the reason for this movement or according to what laws did it occur? - asks the human mind.
Historians, answering this question, describe to us the actions and speeches of several dozen people in one of the buildings in the city of Paris, calling these actions and speeches the word revolution; then they give a detailed biography of Napoleon and some people sympathetic and hostile to him, talk about the influence of some of these people on others and say: this is why this movement occurred, and these are its laws.
But the human mind not only refuses to believe in this explanation, but directly says that the method of explanation is not correct, because with this explanation the weakest phenomenon is taken as the cause of the strongest. The sum of human arbitrariness made both the revolution and Napoleon, and only the sum of these arbitrarinesses tolerated them and destroyed them.
“But whenever there have been conquests, there have been conquerors; every time there were revolutions in the state, there were great people,” says history. Indeed, whenever conquerors appeared, there were wars, the human mind answers, but this does not prove that conquerors were the causes of wars and that it was possible to find the laws of war in the personal activity of one person. Every time, when I look at my watch, I see that the hand has approached ten, I hear that the gospel begins in the neighboring church, but from the fact that every time the hand comes to ten o’clock when the gospel begins, I I have no right to conclude that the position of the arrow is the reason for the movement of the bells.
Every time I see a steam locomotive moving, I hear the sound of a whistle, I see the opening of a valve and the movement of the wheels; but from this I have no right to conclude that the whistle and movement of the wheels are the causes of the movement of the locomotive.
The peasants say that late spring a cold wind blows because the oak bud is unfolding, and indeed, every spring a cold wind blows when the oak tree is unfolding. But although the reason for the cold wind blowing when the oak tree unfurls is unknown to me, I cannot agree with the peasants that the cause of the cold wind is the unfurling of the oak bud, only because the force of the wind is beyond the influence of the bud. I see only the coincidence of those conditions that exist in every life phenomenon, and I see that, no matter how much and in what detail I observe the hand of a clock, the valve and wheels of a locomotive and the bud of an oak tree, I do not recognize the reason for the bell, the movement of the locomotive and the spring wind . To do this, I must completely change my point of observation and study the laws of the movement of steam, bells and wind. History should do the same. And attempts to do this have already been made.
"Conducting competitions international level- not a way to replenish the state treasury. This is the way to raise the authority and prestige of the country. However, there are countries that have managed to extract economic benefits from them. For example, French experts recently calculated that hosting Euro 2016 brought 1.2 billion euros in profit.
Now our domestic experts are calculating how much it cost to host the University Games. We also decided to find an answer to the question: what did the Universiade give to our country?
We must pay tribute to the leadership of our country, which, despite the global financial crisis, took on such responsibility as organizing and holding the World University Games, within the framework of which Kazakhstan hosted more than 2 thousand athletes from 57 countries.
Kazakhstanis had to work hard to host and hold the Games with dignity. Not counting the members of the Organizing Committee, more than 3 thousand volunteers were involved to serve the guests of Almaty, and 7.5 thousand security specialists (4,700 police officers, 1,000 military personnel, 1,400 security company employees, 50 dog handlers) were involved in ensuring their safety.
What kind of load did the Universiade bring to the economy of Kazakhstan and what is the impact of the global sports forum city of apples?
Not expenses, but investments!
According to the budget program of the Almaty city planning department “Planning and construction of facilities for the 2017 Winter Universiade”, for the sports competitions and improving the appearance of the city, the construction of three sports facilities– an ice palace with 12 thousand seats, an Athletic Village with 5 thousand seats (in the Alatau region) and an ice arena with 3 thousand seats in the Medeu region.
For the construction of these facilities, 13 billion tenge was allocated from the Almaty budget in 2014, 44 billion in 2015, and 14.9 billion in 2016. At the end of three years, about 73 billion tenge were spent.
In addition, for the development of design and estimate documentation for these facilities and the conduct of construction and installation work, the following was allocated from the republican budget:
- in 2014 - 12.2 billion tenge,
- 2015 – 41.47 billion,
- 2016 – 9.27 billion tenge.
In just three years, 63 billion tenge ($190 million) were spent.
Also allocated from the local budget to finance transfers of design and construction:
- in 2014 – 0.872 billion tenge,
- 2015 – 3.45 billion,
- 2016 – 5.713 billion.
Total – 10 billion tenge ($30 million).
As a result, expenses for the construction of Universiade facilities in Almaty amounted to 146 billion tenge ($442 million)
These are capital costs, which, like the costs of hosting the Games, are not reimbursed.
The fate of sports facilities
For comparison - to carry out Summer Universiade In 2013, 300 billion rubles were spent in Kazan, but the profit was only 10.8 billion rubles. However, the Russians realized that most of the costs were invested in the future of the city. This means that we must understand that the facilities built in Almaty will continue to serve for the benefit of Kazakhstanis and the development of sports.
These expenses are investments in the development of mass sports. We are confident that even after the end of the Universiade, the demand for the ice palace and ice arena will be high. And the mentioned sports facilities can be adapted for holding competitions in summer species sports Almaty Arena, which seats 12 thousand spectators, is a godsend for holding grandiose cultural events. Therefore, it cannot be said that the funds spent on the construction of these facilities were wasted.
It is clear that the Athletic Village, consisting of 8 multi-storey residential buildings, will not be empty. The facility, equipped with a full-fledged infrastructure, will become comfortable housing for 1.7 thousand families. 1,748 apartments in the Athletes' Village will be leased with the option of subsequent purchase. Thus, in the next 8 years, 40% of investments in the amount of 15.5 billion tenge will be returned.
This will reduce the queue for housing in Almaty by 10 percent
In addition, the administrative part of the Athletic Village is expected to be used for organizing various exhibitions and press conferences.
Operating expenses
Initially, the amount of funds provided for the Universiade was planned in the amount of 32 billion tenge. However, after Elbasy’s instructions to conduct the Games economically, it was decided to reduce these costs to 17 billion tenge ($51.5 million).
Vehicles to serve Universiade participants (approximately 520 units) were rented, and costs for promotions, cultural and entertainment events were reduced.
Expenses for organizing ceremonial events dedicated to the opening and closing of the Universiade were reduced to 1.2 billion tenge ($3.6 million).
If you add up the operating budget and the costs of building facilities, then the costs of holding the Universiade amounted to $500 million
For comparison: the total budget for the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk is planned at 51.8 billion rubles ($863 million at the rate of 1 dollar = 60 rubles). 44.5 billion rubles ($741 million) have been allocated for the construction and renovation of sports facilities; the operating budget is 7.3 billion rubles ($121 million).
What amount replenished the treasury?
The next question is: how much profit did the Universiade bring to the country? Akim of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek, speaking at a government meeting on January 17, said that the arrival of tourists in the country during the Universiade will bring profit to the country’s small and medium-sized businesses in the amount of approximately 2 billion tenge.
According to the mayor, the construction of Universiade facilities was carried out by 1,550 small private enterprises, which created 30 thousand new jobs. From their activities, the city budget received 9.2 billion tenge in taxes.
220 companies were involved in the preparation of the Universiade, employing 5 thousand workers and employees. Considering that 80 percent of these companies are from Almaty, we can say with confidence that the Universiade gave a new impetus to the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the southern capital.
Based on the Global destination cities index data,
in Almaty, a foreign tourist spends $245 daily
States participating in the Universiade paid 1 million euros for accommodation in the Athletic Village
In addition, 8 hotels in Almaty were completely filled with sports delegations. Daily accommodation for guests of “Kazakhstan” cost $70, for guests of Shera Park Inn – $85, for clients of Holiday Inn Almaty – $105.
The sale of tickets to Universiade sports competitions also generated good income. Most cheap ticket cost 300 tenge. Spectators could watch matches for this amount group stage hockey tournament. The cost of a ticket for curling is 500 tenge, nordic combined – 700 tenge, speed skating – 1000 tenge, alpine skiing – 1500 tenge. Those who expressed a desire to admire figure skating had to shell out 2,500 tenge per ticket. The most expensive tickets - from 2000 to 5000 tenge - were sold for the final match of the hockey tournament.
If tickets for the opening of the Universiade were sold for 15 thousand tenge, then entrance to the closing of the Games cost 13 thousand tenge.
Evidence that interest in the sporting event was very high can be seen in the fact that all tickets were sold.
The Organizing Committee was forced to put up for general sale 90 percent of the seats allocated to FISU and official delegations
Before the start of the Universiade, it was assumed that revenue from ticket sales (compared to expenses) would be approximately 1 million tenge. However, if you consider that it was put up for general sale more tickets, then the amount should be higher.
Of course, the city akimat will publish how much these revenues replenished the treasury. But it cannot in any way determine the level of the Universiade.
In general, it is wrong to think that hosting the Universiade should bring profit. All costs of organizing sports competitions should be perceived as long-term investments.
The Universiade is over. 2 thousand athletes competed with each other in Almaty for 10 days and admired the landscapes of Alatau, together with their fans will return to their homeland. And if their feedback about our country is positive, one of the tasks of the Universiade has been solved.
Another plus:
newly built sports facilities will increase the number of our champions, in whose honor the anthem of our country will be played at the World Championships and Olympics
From January 29 to February 8, 2017 in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan) the XXVIII World Winter Universiade will be held - an international complex sporting event among students, conducted by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).
More than 2,000 athletes from more than 55 countries will take part in the Universiade, who will compete for 85 sets of awards. About 3,000 volunteers will be involved in organizing the events. About 30 thousand foreign guests and tourists are expected to arrive. The competition will be broadcast in 80 countries by seven international channels, reaching more than 1 billion television viewers.
The program of the World University Games included eight compulsory sports (cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing, curling, snowboarding, figure skating skating, hockey, short track) and four additional ones (speed skating, Nordic combined, ski jumping, freestyle).
Eight sports facilities will be used for the competition:
Ski resort"Shymbulak" (alpine skiing, freestyle, snowboarding),
- High-mountain sports complex "Medeu" (skating),
- International Ski Jumping Complex "Sunkar" (ski jumping, Nordic combined),
- Sports Palace named after. Baluan Sholaka (short track, hockey (women)),
- Complex of ski and biathlon stadiums "Alatau" (biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined),
- Sports and entertainment complex "Tabagan" (freestyle, snowboarding),
- Ice Palace "Almaty Arena" (figure skating, curling),
- “Halyk Arena” (hockey (men)).
Moreover, the last two of the listed objects were built specifically for the Universiade. Also, especially for the Games, an Athletic Village was built in the Alatau district of Almaty for the first time in the history of the Winter Universiade. The official opening of the Village will take place on January 24, closing on February 10.
Universiade participants must meet the following requirements: be a citizen of the country they represent; be no younger than 17 and no older than 28 years of age on January 1 of the competition year and be a current student at the educational institution.
The student team of the Russian Federation included 316 people: 216 athletes and 100 specialists (officials, coaches, medical personnel). Among the athletes are 25 winners and prize-winners of the XXVII World Winter Universiade 2015 in Slovakia and Spain, including: Evgeniy Klimov(champion, bronze medalist in ski jumping), Mikhail Maksimochkin(champion, silver medalist ski jumping), Daria Ovchinnikova(alpine skiing champion), Artyom Nikolaev(silver and bronze medalist in ski racing), Evgeny Arkhipov(silver medalist as part of the curling team) and others. Russian team is the largest at the Universiade and will be represented in all types of competitions.
Official website of the XXVIII World Winter Universiade 2017 in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan): https://almaty2017.com/ru/.
The television broadcast of the competition in Russia will be carried out by the Match! Arena" and "Match! Game".
The opening ceremony of the XXVIII World Winter Universiade 2017 will be shown in live on the TV channel “Match! Arena" January 29. The broadcast starts at 19:00.
For reference:
The XXVII World Winter Universiade was held in Slovakia and Spain from January 24 to February 14, 2015.
Competitions were held in eight compulsory sports (cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing, curling, snowboarding, figure skating, hockey, short track) and three additional ones (cross-country combined, ski jumping and freestyle). 68 sets of awards were up for grabs.
The Russian student team took first place in the unofficial team competition, winning 56 awards (20 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze). The greatest contributions to the Russian team were made by skiers (7-5-5), biathletes (4-5-5) and ski jumpers (3-2-2).
Press service of the Russian Ministry of Sports
Schedule of the XXVIII World Winter Universiade 2017(xlsx, 165 Kb)
Bulletins
Bulletin No. 9 (doc, 4 440 Kb)
February 7, 2017
Bulletin No. 8 (doc, 4 390 Kb)
February 6, 2017
Facts about the Universiade:
- For all the time that Kazakhstan has been participating in the Universiade, and this is since 1993, more than 700 STUDENTS. They brought to the treasury of the country's national heritage 125 MEDALS.
- Students aged 17-29 YEARS OLD.
- It is expected that more than 2000 ATHLETES from more than 55 COUNTRIES, 3000 of our and foreign volunteers and order 30 THOUSAND foreign GUESTS and tourists.
- They will be hosted by the first in the history of the Winter Universiade Athletic Village, specially built in the Alatau district of Almaty.
- It is planned to collect more than 1 BILLION. SPECTATORS.
- The Universiade budget allocates more than 17 BILLION. TENGE .
- Thanks to the construction of new facilities designed specifically for the Universiade, more than 4000 JOBS.
- The Organizing Committee of the 28th World Winter Universiade is headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Imangali Tasmagambetov, and he is assisted in this by the specially initiated Directorate for the 2017 Universiade, headed by Nail Nurov.
Sports facilities of the Universiade
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Ski resort "Shymbulak"- hosts competitions alpine skiing, snowboarding and freestyle. Founded in 1954, the resort is located in the Trans-Ili Alatau gorge at an altitude of 2260 m above sea level. Distance from the Athletic Village - 35.4 km. The average air temperature in winter is -7C. Trails with a total length of almost 12 km are certified by the International Federation skiing(FIS).
– hosts competitions in women's ice hockey and short track speed skating. The history of the sports palace goes back 50 years. Named after national hero, Kazakh wrestler, akyn and composer Baluan Sholak, the sports complex is used as an ice arena with a capacity of up to 5,000 people. In 2010, the Palace underwent reconstruction before the VII Winter Asian Games, after which it began to comply with all necessary international standards. Distance from the Athletic Village - 12.7 km.
High mountain skating rink "Medeu"- hosts competitions speed skating. Built in 1972, the skating rink is the world's largest high-altitude ice rink. winter species sports with a capacity of more than 8,000 people. Over the entire period of its existence, over 120 world records have been set on its ice arena. Distance from the Athletic Village - 30.6 km.
International ski jump complex "Sunkar"- hosts competitions in ski jumping and Nordic combined. Built specifically for the VII Asian Winter Games in 2010, the complex also includes a Ski Stadium. The capacity of MCLT "Sunkar" is 5200 spectators. Distance from the Athletes' Village – 16.1 km.
Sports and entertainment complex "Tabagan"– hosts competitions in Big Air and ski acrobatics. Located on the territory of the Talgar district, the complex accommodates 800 spectators. Distance from the Athletic Village - 36.6 km.
Hosts competitions in biathlon, cross-country skiing, and Nordic combined. Located in the Soldatsky Gorge of the Talgar region at an altitude of almost 1500 meters above sea level, sports facility can accommodate more than 6,000 spectators. Maximum length ski slopes– 10 km, biathlon tracks – 4 km. The complex territory includes administrative buildings, parking, a helipad, a shooting range and start-finish areas. LBC "Alatau" was built in 2010 to host the VII Asian Winter Games, therefore it meets the international standards of FIS and IBU.
- this is universal ice arena with a capacity of more than 3,000 spectators, built specifically for the Universiade and commissioned in 2016. Sports complex hosts men's ice hockey competitions. Distance from the Athletic Village - 18.5 km.
– this largest sports facility of the 2017 Universiade consists of two arenas with a total capacity of more than 12 thousand spectators. Within the walls of the multifunctional complex, with the possibility of modifications for other sports (volleyball, basketball, etc.), both ceremonies, Opening and Closing, as well as competitions in figure skating and curling.
News
22-year-old skier Liliya Vasilyeva won 5 medals (3 gold and 2 silver) at the Universiade in Almaty.
Gold medals in the 3x5km relay, 15km classic style mass start and 5km individual race, silver medals in the 5km pursuit and individual sprint.
A 5th year student at the Samara Law Institute of the All-Russian Social Sciences Service of Russia began cross-country skiing in the fifth grade. In 2014 she became the champion of Russia in cross-country skiing, and in 2015 Winter Universiade in Slovakia she took third place in the individual race, and the whole world learned about her.
Lilya was studying athletics when Nastya Osipova called her to the ski lodge. The winter sport turned out to be closer to the girl, and so her ski career. The first time was not easy. In the 7th grade, Lilya joined the Udmurtia national team, and then the most significant victories for her began. She had to attend school infrequently, but she passed her final exams well and is now studying to become a lawyer. However, today Lily's profession is cross-country skiing.
Like any athlete, Lilya dreams of becoming Olympic champion. When asked to imagine how the Universiade differs from the Olympics, she replies: “It seems to me that they are similar only in the large number of different types of competitions. But the competition, of course, cannot be compared. The atmosphere at the Universiade is quite light, while at the Olympics there is more tension.”
Lilya is rarely at home. Between training camps, it is more convenient for her to train in Izhevsk. And when he does come to Mozhga, he asks his mother to cook something tasty, for example, baked goods or other concoctions. IN free time Lilya loves to read.
At a press conference after the race, Liliya said: “Not so long ago, when there were no results, I wanted to finish skiing altogether and go on maternity leave. I thought I’d rest for a year and come back, suddenly the result would improve. And now, after the Universiade, I have an emotional explosion , I want to continue competing. When I went to the Games, I was counting on a medal, but I didn’t expect such a result. When I won the first race, I immediately fulfilled the standard of an international master of sports.
There is no one here except the team, and my mother is at home. She’s late for work, asking for time off to watch my competitions. My boyfriend Ravil and his parents also watch all my races. They worry about me. Immediately after the end of the race they call and congratulate you. I will still have the opportunity to perform at the University Games. Moreover, now they will be held in my homeland, in Russia. It became known that FISU has changed the rules, and in the future athletes under the age of 25 will be able to participate in the Universiade. If everything goes well, I’ll just be able to do it.”
