Skier Kseniya Shalygina clinches 2nd medal at FISU 2023 Games
08:11, 23 January 2023
LAKE PLACID. KAZINFORM Kazakhstani skier Kseniya Shalygina has won a bronze medal in women’s 15km mass start at the FISU 2023 Winter University Games in Lake Placid, U.S., Kazinform learned from Sports.kz.
Estonian Mariel Pulles took a gold medal and U.S. athlete Kendall Kramer became a silver medallist.
Earlier, Shalygina together with Aisha Rakisheva and Nadezhda Stepashkina won a bronze medal in women’s relay.
78 athletes are representing Kazakhstan at the Lake Placid FISU 2023 Games in 10 sports: biathlon, ice hockey, short-track, figure skating, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping, speed skating, snowboard, and Alpine skiing.
The Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games is an eleven-day competition, that features 1,443 athletes aged 17-25 from 595 universities of 43 countries. The competition consists of 12 winter sports and 86 medal events.
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