ZURICH – On 19 June, the Team Meeting of the Swiss Universiade delegation took place in Zurich. Almost all of the 103 athletes and 51 officials who will travel to Gwangju were present to try on their delegation outfits, receive information about their traveling schedules and the Athletes’ Village or simply have a chat with other […]
BUENOS AIRES – Seven Argentinian athletes are going to participate in their second Universiade, after having competed at Kazan 2013. They all share the same enthusiasm and confidence in outdoing the performance they had 2 years ago. A total number of 7 athletes that Argentina is sending to Gwangju 2015 as part of […]
CANADA – Canadian tennis player Raheel Manji is coming off his first year at Indiana University and is set to represent Canada at the Universiade. Manji has made quite a splash on the Canadian junior tennis circuit having captured the Under 16 Canadian singles and doubles titles in 2013. He’s a three time […]
TÜBINGEN – “All good things come in threes” could be the motto of Julia Hochmuth. After participating in the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzen, China and the 2013 SU in Kazan, Russia, the games in Korea will be her third Universiade. In Gwangju, the sports markswoman will compete in her fifth international competition […]
Safety measures of SU2015 Gwangju 2015 Universiade Organizing Committee Further to FISU statement and News Releases on MERS in Korea, Gwangju 2015 Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) would like to communicate with participants on SU2015 MERS prevention and control measures. MERS outbreak is an important current issue in Korea. Nevertheless, GUOC confirms you that […]
STATEMENT FROM THE FISU MEDICAL COMMITTEE CHAIR, Lawrence D. RINK, M.D. – 1. A joint mission by the World Health Organization and Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare reviewed the entire outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on June 12, 2015. The recommendations are being carried out and include: a. Strengthening […]
STATEMENT FROM THE FISU MEDICAL COMMITTEE CHAIR, Lawrence D. RINK, M.D. The current MERS outbreak represents the first occurrence outside the Middle East. Representatives from the World Health Organization are actively meeting with the Minister of Health of the Republic of Korea to make sure all the plans are in place to control the […]
TAIPEI CITY – Moving towards the final countdown for the 28th Gwangju Summer Universiade this July (3-14), the Chinese Taipei University Sport Federation (CTUSF) has produced a short music video about the student-athletes from Team TPE. The music video shows how the student-athletes from Chinese Taipei continue to pave their way towards excellence in […]
