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More Photos of 2010 WUCs Online
Championships
17 December 2010
BRUSSELS – A selection of photos of the following World University Championships has been added to the 2010 WUC Photo Gallery: – Baseball in Tokyo (JPN) – Badminton in Taipei City (TPE) – Boxing in Ulaanbaatar (MGL) – Orienteering in Borlange (SWE) C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer
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WUC Meeting
Championships
16 November 2010
BRUSSELS – On November 16th, 2010, during the whole day, a working session of the World University Championship’s Committee chaired by Mr. Sinisa JASNIC, Chair CTI World University Championships was held in the FISU headquarters. This meeting was attended by Matjaz PECOVNIK, Vice-Chair CTI World University Championships, Laurent BRIEL, Director World University Championships and […]
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2010 WUC Equestrian Update: Day 3 of Competitions
Championships
2 November 2010
SANGJU – The third day of the World University Equestrian Championship in Sangju, Korea was entirely devoted to Jumping. The day started very early with the preparation of the horses, tracking the course and then the presentation of the horses. Jumping is a spectacular competition which the audience very much enjoyed. The day program […]
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2010 WUC Chess Update: Championship Video Online
Championships
16 October 2010
BRUSSELS – Another video has been added to the FISU TV website (www.fisu.tv/ch3/wuc2010.html) and the FISU You Tube website (www.youtube.com/fisutv). The videos shows a compilation of the recent 2010 World University Chess Championship, which was hosted in Zurich, Switserland C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer
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2010 WUC Update: More Videos Online
Championships
1 October 2010
BRUSSELS – A number of new videos have been added to the FISU TV website (www.fisu.tv/ch3/wuc2010.html) and the FISU You Tube website (www.youtube.com/fisutv). The videos show a compilation of the recent 2010 World University Championships, i.e. Baseball in Tokyo, Japan (medal games) and Weightlifting in Taichung, Chinese Taipei. C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer
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2010 WUC Chess Update: Wang Yue Secures Title with One Round to Go
Championships
11 September 2010
Yue Wang (CHN) ZURICH – With an impressive display of mental power-play the 23-year-old Chinese grandmaster Wang Yue has clinched the World University Championship 2010. The student of communication sciences at Nankai University showed admirable stubbornness and excellent technique in rounds 7 and 8, grinding down GM Momchil Nikolov (Bulgaria) and GM Rinat Jumbayev […]
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2010 WUC Chess Update: Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul win World University Chess Championship
Championships
11 September 2010
Men’s Gold Medallist Wang Yue (CHN)ZURICH – The 11th World University Championships in Zurich finished with an incredibly combative 9th round. “Grandmaster draws” seemed to be forbidden and almost every game finished in a decisive result. In the men’s tournament GM Wang Yue led the way. Although he had secured a decisive 1½ point lead […]
