Summer Games

Performers from Shenzhen, the next Summer Universiade host in 2011 Today, July 12th, the curtain fell on the 25th Summer Universiade hosted in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. For 12 days student-athletes from all over the world competed against each other in 14 different sports and lived together in harmony in a fantastic Athletes’ Village. […]

  Yesterday, July 10th, the football tournament at the Universiade came to an end with the men’s and women’s finals. After an interesting 90 minutes, the Ukrainians celebrated a 3:2 victory over Italy. ‘We played well and won’, said Volodymyra Lozinskyi, coach of the champions. ‘It is difficult to play against a team that has […]

  The Russian team was too strong today as the Russian players managed to win the gold medal against Brazil. Serving and receiving have now become crucial. Teams that couldn’t count on that could not hope to win a match. That’s one of the reasons explaining Russians’ domination.The players were also very strong on defence and […]

The Universiade Swimming Pool: the place of broken records     If there is one sport at the Universiade that vouches for Universiade Records to be broken, then it is without doubt swimming. Already from the first day of the competition four records were broken. Until now 24 records have been sharpened. Revelation of the […]

 Full attendence at the joint FISU/OC UB2009 Press Conference   With the end of the 25th Universiade coming near, FISU and the Organizing Committee of the 2009 Summer Universiade held a joint press conference at the MPC today, July 10th. At the joint conference it was stated that the organization of the Universiade in Belgrade […]

Albina and her frien Julia from Kazan   Some of the future Universiade hosts are present in the Athletes’ Village with an information office. Smart thinking, as some of their future ‘customers’ are living in the Village. Present here in Belgrade are Erzurum, the Turkish host of the 2011 Winter Universiade; Shenzhen, the Chinese host […]

1976 Olympic Champion Isato Igarashi follows attentively the Artistic Gymnastics competition in Belgrade   With the Artistic Gymnastics competitions finished and the Rhythmic Gymnastics event ready to start here at the 25th Summer Universiade in Belgrade, FISU Media had a chat with FISU Executive Committee member Hisato Igarashi from Japan. Mr. Igarashi has followed the […]

Aussie Head of Delegation Martin Roberts    Martin Roberts and Aaron Schulha; an Australian and a Canadian. What do they have in common besides the Commonwealth bond? Well, at a certain point in their athletic career, both where high profile athletes participating at the Universiade. As a swimmer, Martin won two gold medals at the […]