FISU Medical Chair Assured by Russian Authorities of High Standard Medical Care at 2013 SU in Kazan
Dr. Larry Rink, Chair of the FISU Medical Committee, met in Moscow with Veronika Skvortsova, Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Russia, and Airat Farrakhov, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Director of Sports Medicine for the Republic of Russia.
FISU was assured of the full support for the medical care of the 13,000 student-athletes and support personnel for the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade (World University Games).
The Republic of Tatarstan with the Local Organizing Committee has developed a large Polyclinic in the Athletes’ Village and expects about 10,000 patient visits during this the time the Village is open. One new Emergency Medicine Hospital has been built in Kazan as well and four other hospitals have undergone significant structural improvements in preparation for the Games.
Other Medical Legacy Programs from the World University Games for the city of Kazan and the Republic of Russia include a large educational center, a new athlete injury surveillance program and development of methods of evaluating athletic heart in a cost-effective manner in an effort to prevent sudden death in athletes. All athletes will have the opportunity to have a cardiac evaluation including electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. This will be the largest mass screening of student-athletes ever.
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FISU stands for Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (International University Sports Federation), founded in 1949. FISU's main responsibility is the supervision of both Summer and Winter Universiades as well as the World University Championships. The Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival which is staged every two years in a different city and which is second in importance only to the Olympic Games.
The Summer Universiade consists of 13 compulsory sports (Athletics - Basketball - Fencing - Football – Artistic & Rhythmic Gymnastics - Swimming - Diving - Water Polo – Tennis – Table Tennis - Judo - Volleyball) and up to three optional sports chosen by the host country. The record figures are 9,006 participants in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2007 and 174 countries in Daegu, Korea in 2003.
The Winter Universiade consists of 7 compulsory sports (Alpine Skiing - Nordic Skiing composed of Ski Jump, Cross Country & Combined - Biathlon - Ice Hockey - Short-Track Speed Skating - Figure Skating - Curling) and one or two optional sports also chosen by the host country. The Winter Universiade gathered a record 2,511 participants in Torino in 2007 and a record number of 52 countries in Erzurum, Turkey.
The World University Championships are organized every even year in sports which do not figure on the compulsory Universiade program. In 2008, a record of 29 different WUC were staged all over the world.
For more info or pictures, do not hesitate to contact FISU Media department at media@fisu.net or surf to www.fisu.net.
FISU was assured of the full support for the medical care of the 13,000 student-athletes and support personnel for the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade (World University Games).
The Republic of Tatarstan with the Local Organizing Committee has developed a large Polyclinic in the Athletes’ Village and expects about 10,000 patient visits during this the time the Village is open. One new Emergency Medicine Hospital has been built in Kazan as well and four other hospitals have undergone significant structural improvements in preparation for the Games.
Other Medical Legacy Programs from the World University Games for the city of Kazan and the Republic of Russia include a large educational center, a new athlete injury surveillance program and development of methods of evaluating athletic heart in a cost-effective manner in an effort to prevent sudden death in athletes. All athletes will have the opportunity to have a cardiac evaluation including electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. This will be the largest mass screening of student-athletes ever.
www.fisu.net
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FISU stands for Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (International University Sports Federation), founded in 1949. FISU's main responsibility is the supervision of both Summer and Winter Universiades as well as the World University Championships. The Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival which is staged every two years in a different city and which is second in importance only to the Olympic Games.
The Summer Universiade consists of 13 compulsory sports (Athletics - Basketball - Fencing - Football – Artistic & Rhythmic Gymnastics - Swimming - Diving - Water Polo – Tennis – Table Tennis - Judo - Volleyball) and up to three optional sports chosen by the host country. The record figures are 9,006 participants in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2007 and 174 countries in Daegu, Korea in 2003.
The Winter Universiade consists of 7 compulsory sports (Alpine Skiing - Nordic Skiing composed of Ski Jump, Cross Country & Combined - Biathlon - Ice Hockey - Short-Track Speed Skating - Figure Skating - Curling) and one or two optional sports also chosen by the host country. The Winter Universiade gathered a record 2,511 participants in Torino in 2007 and a record number of 52 countries in Erzurum, Turkey.
The World University Championships are organized every even year in sports which do not figure on the compulsory Universiade program. In 2008, a record of 29 different WUC were staged all over the world.
For more info or pictures, do not hesitate to contact FISU Media department at media@fisu.net or surf to www.fisu.net.