Zhou Kai (China) celebrates his gold medal win in men’s singles Thanks to two more titles on the last day of table tennis competition, the Chinese delegation managed to sweep all seven gold medals in the sport in Chengdu. In Saturday’s singles finals, Qian Tianyi defeated Japan’s Idesawa Kyoka in seven sets to claim the […]
‘Jiayou’ cheers were constant as the Chinese teams were introduced at the Wangjiang Campus Gymnasium during the last day of taekwondo at the Chengdu FISU World University Games. However, the chants were put to a temporary halt as things did not go as the local crowd had hoped in the men’s team semi-finals against archrival […]
For the first 20 minutes of Saturday’s women’s doubles tennis final, it didn’t look like top-seeded Wu Fang-hsien and Liang En-shuo were going to be crowned Chengdu FISU World University Games champions. After a disastrous start, the Chinese Taipei duo was down two breaks and 5-0 against the crowd favorites, China’s Jiang Xianyu and Guo […]
Italy was in the spotlight at the pool on Saturday in the men’s 800m freestyle final of the Chengdu FISU World University Games. Matteo Lamberti from the northern city of Brescia won his second gold medal of the meet in 7:54.12, after triumphing in the 400 free on Tuesday. Matteo’s last name brings immediately a […]
The fourth day of swimming competition at the Dong’an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Centre was one of the most eagerly anticipated of the Chengdu FISU World University Games. Poland’s rising star Adela Piskorska showed her maturity in the women’s 100m backstroke, winning her first gold medal of the FISU Games in 1:00.20. “I’m still learning. […]
“I was in endurance sports, cross country, and track and field before I was recruited into rowing,” USA’s Tiana Fox said Saturday on the second of three days of rowing competition at the Chengdu FISU World University Games. “And so the coaches wanted to see how that would translate to rowing, and it did. So […]
Some athletes are taking part in their first FISU World University Games, while others are participating for the second or even third time. What makes the Chengdu Games particularly interesting is the age difference between the youngest and the oldest student athlete. This year the number is 3651, representing the days separating the two extremes. […]
A marvelous comeback – that would be the best way to describe Saturday’s final fencing round between Italy and China in the women’s epee team event, when Tang Junyao had the crowd screaming in unison after her win over Gaia Traditi at the Chengdu FISU Games. In the last round at Pidu Sports Centre Gymnasium, […]
