Summer Games

The South African delegation     More flying flags in the Belgrade Universiade Athletes’ Village today, June 27th, as Village Mayor Ranko Tepavcevic officially welcomed the delegations of South Africa, Uganda, Costa Rica, Honduras and Zimbabwe. Costa Rica together with El Salvador‘Your Excellencies, dear athletes and Heads of Delegation, dear guests, I am very thrilled […]

  Today, June 27th, the first Heads of Delegations meeting was held at the Sava Centre in Belgrade. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, Chairman of the UB2009 Organizing Committee attended the meeting and addressed the Heads of Delegations who were present. ‘You will see Belgrade as it is’, Mr. Djelic said. ‘We have mobilized a […]

FISU President Killian talking to South African Student-Athletes   Today, June 27th after the EC meeting, FISU President George E. Killian visited the Restaurant of the Athletes’ Village. In the Restaurant he stopped at different tables to talk with the athletes about their stay and if they were satisfied with the food. Deputy PM Djelic […]

Another Flag Raising Ceremony   Today, Universiade Village Mayor Ranko Tepavcevic welcomed five more delegations in the Athletes’ Village when the delegations of Brazil, Madagaskar, Mongolia, Swaziland and Tanzania become official residents of the Village after the Flag Raising Ceremony. It’s great to be here’, Biko Luigi Molteni told FISU Media. Biko is an athlete […]

 The Sports Info Center   Every day, Roksanda Lazarevic gets up at 5h30 and travels 90 km from her home town Arandjelovac to Belgrade where she heads the Sports Info Center. At the end of a long working day, she returns home to coach more than 200 kids ranging from 6 to 12 in her […]

The three delegations together   Today, June 25th, the first Flag Raising Ceremony took place in the Athletes’ Village. A tradition to welcome each delegation and confirm its settlement into the Village, which for a fortnight will be their home. By coincidence the inaugural ceremony was in honor of three Commonwealth countries, i.e. Australia, Canada and […]

 Russian delegation members arrive at Belgrade Airport   With the Opening Ceremony of the 25th Summer Universiade just only one week away, the delegations start to arrive in Belgrade, Serbia. The first contingents of the delegations are the administrative staff preparing the arrival of their athletes. So far the following delegations checked in into the […]

FISU President and Mrs. Killian posing with the volunteer desk at Belgrade Airport   Today, June 24th, FISU President George Killian arrived in Belgrade accompanied by his wife Mrs. Marilyn Killian.   Prior to the 25th Summer Universiade, Mr. Killian will chair the FISU Steering Committee meeting on June 25th, the FISU Executive Committee meeting […]