Boyan Grebentcharski has swept the bronze medal in the parallel slalom in the first days of the Winter Universiade in Austria.

The Winter festival of the world's university students, also called the 22nd Winter Universiade, opened on January 13 in Innsbruck, Austria.

More than 2,000 athletes from 53 countries are attending this year's Universiade, the largest number in the history of the game, and competing for 69 gold medals in 11 events over 11 days.

The games, which takes place every two years in various cities all over the world, will feature 11 sports events of alpine skiing, cross country, skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, biathlon, ice hockey, short track speed skating, figure skating, snowboard and skeleton.

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