NICOSIA – The 3rd and the last day of the 1st World University Sambo Championship was as joyful and exciting as the days before. Russia was the front runner from day one and they proved it by winning the first place after they beat Kyrgyzstan. The hosting country, Cyprus, celebrated the 3rd place along with […]
NICOSIA – The 1st Sambo World University Championship keeps the spectators of Cyprus in great excitement. 95 athletes, 56 men and 39 women, are participating in this spectacular event. The athletes come from 20 countries which are Cyprus, Belarus, Georgia, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Makedonia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Serbia, Germany, Azerbaijan, Israel, France, Moldova, […]
XIAMEN – On 20 November 2016, Xiamen (China) welcomed 19 teams from around the world to open the 2016 FISU World University 3×3 Basketball Championship. Just one month after the 3×3 FISU World University League closed, the local organizing committee from Huaqiao University greeted the global youth again with its spectacular court in Xiamen campus. […]
XIAMEN – France won gold in both men and women categories at the 3rd World University 3×3 Basketball Championship in Xiamen, China on 21-24 November. The women’s team featuring Caprais Annabelle, Laetitia Guapo, Caroline Hériaud and Moïna Le Beherec won an absolute thriller against Chinese Taipei (10-8). With the game tied after 10 […]
MERIDA – Mexican Óscar Verdugo Ramírez (105 kg) failed his second lifting attempt at the Clean & Jerk and lost the advantage. After this, the golden medals for this modality and the total weren’t for him; but he got the gold medal at the Snatch modality and two silver medals during the fourth day […]
MERIDA – The Koreans dominated the heaviest category (+ 105 kg) at the end of the 5th World University Weightlifting Championship. At the Snatch, Wooman Hwang (KOR) claimed himself as the winner of the gold medal after he lifted 180 kg. The second place was for Radoslav Tatarcik (SVK) who snatched 172 kg. Przemyslaw […]
MERIDA – American Martha Rogers, did not encounter any contenders in her category and proclaimed herself the champion of the women’s 69kg category on the third day of the 5th World University Weightlifting Championship hosted in the Kukulcán Sport Complex in Mérida, Yucatan. Rogers was indeed the best lifter and she had excellent strategies […]
MERIDA – Anacarmen Torres Wong, from Sonora, proclaimed herself as the winner of the 63kg category delivering a first gold medal for host Mexico at the 5th World University Weightlifting Championship, being held at the Kukulcan Sports Complex in Mérida, Yucatan. Anacarmen Torres Wong The 20 year-old athlete, from Chinese descent as her […]
