CHIANG MAI – The first highlight out of the total 18 matches on Day 4 of the WUC was the women’s light bout (57-60 kg) between Ratchadaporn Saotao from Thailand in the red corner and Nazym Ichshanova from Kazakhstan in the blue corner. Both women fiercely began the fight with quick jabs and crosses trading. […]
CHIANG MAI – One of yesterday’s highlights was the women’s flyweight bout (51 kg) between Jutamas Raksataya from Thailand and Angelika Gronska from Poland. In the first round, Gronska landed more punches than the Thai boxer. In the two subsequent rounds, they equally traded punches, but Thailand edged out Poland by 2-1. Jutamas […]
CHIANG MAI – There were 18 fights taking place on the second day of the 7th World University Boxing Championship in Chiang Mai, Thailand. One of the highlights from the championship was the women’s middleweight bout (69-75 kg) between Christiana Desmond from Ireland and Zura Kussainova from Russia. The Irish fighter took victory […]
CHIANG MAI – The 7th World University Boxing Championship 2016 holding in Chiang Mai kicked off on October 3, 2016 with 10 fights. One of the highlights from the championship is a male middleweight match (75 kgs) between Conor Wallace, fighter from Ireland and Valerii Kharlamov fighter from Ukraine. In the first round, Wallace, having […]
MUNICH – The 2018 World University Beach Volleyball Championship will be hosted by the Technical University of Munich. In the capital of Bavaria the Organisation Committee (OC) met for the first time for planning the event. The members discussed the current situation of the WUC venues as well as the composition of the […]
PERTH – Perth’s iconic Swan River has set the perfect scene for the 2016 World University Sailing Championship. 82 student-athletes from nine nations began the first day of competition on Monday 26 September. The first three days enabled athletes to familiarise themselves with their opponents through round robin racing. Tuesday tested the athletes’ ability […]
PERTH – The 8th edition of the World University Sailing Championship is currently under way. Held from 25 to 30 September in Perth and for the first time in Australia, the 2016 WUC Sailing has student-athletes from Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Japan, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland go bow […]
RAMENSKOE – The 14th World University Badminton Championship has come to an end. During the final day, on 18 September, there were competitions in 5 categories. In a mixed category Li Yan and Hsu Ya Chin from Chinese Taipei got the gold medal. In the men’s singles gold went also to Chinese Taipei, […]
