It wasn’t the fact Brazil won the gold medal in men’s basketball at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games that was remarkable. It was how they did it. Going up against the USA on Saturday, 26 July at Grugahalle in Essen, the South Americans entered the fourth quarter facing a 20-point deficit, which extended […]
Germany secures first medal in women’s water polo with final victory over USA. The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games women’s water polo tournament ended in extraordinary fashion on Saturday, 26 July as the champions, Germany, held Team USA scoreless through the first half. Captain Sinia Plotz led the remarkable charge for the winners, scoring […]
At the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games archery field one pair of students stands out. Athletes are often seen warming up in country specific tents and eating with others who share their uniform, but for Sydney Sullenberger of Team USA and Giselle De Sousa of Portugal, hanging out with the competition just makes sense. […]
With a Euro step she slips past defenders and finishes at the rim. She is Liu Yutong, a towering 2.01-metre centre who on Friday, 25 July, helped lead the People’s Republic of China to a second straight FISU World University Games title in women’s basketball. Two years after a triumph on home turf against Japan […]
It simply was not Austria’s day. On Wednesday, 23 July at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Duisburg, Magdalena Rabitsch and Anja Trailovic stumbled against Poland in their third and final match of the women’s preliminary round, losing 21-12 and 21-19. “The Polish team was very strong, and we knew. We just couldn’t […]
Sixty archers approach the line. The venue goes silent, followed by the swooshing sound of 60 arrows flying off the bowstring, again and again. Archery is a sport that requires precision, focus and accuracy, and at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games competition, victory is achieved in that quiet environment. Each of the archers […]
The -87kg semifinal between Ukraine’s Artem Harbar and Michael Rodriguez of the United States on Tuesday, 22 July was one of the most anticipated matchups of the men’s taekwondo competition at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games. It was the final before the final, as the saying goes, a much-anticipated bout between a veteran […]
Four countries come together to keep Canadian in archery competition. When Canada’s Brynnleigh Lohner first stepped onto the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games archery field she was missing a key piece of equipment: her bow. Lohner had two stopovers on the long journey to Essen, Germany, and although she successfully made it to the […]
