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Yohan Chang balances taekwondo, on and off Canada’s big screen

Summer Games 19 July 2025

Most kids dream of being a stunt double in blockbuster movies. For Canadian Yohan Chang, that’s his reality. Holding double duties at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as both coach and competitor, the 24-year-old is the epitome of taekwondo mental fortitude. A graduate of one of Canada’s top business schools at York University, […]

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Young Armenian artistic gymnasts excited about first FISU Games

Summer Games 19 July 2025

Hamlet Manukyan, a 17-year-old Armenian artistic gymnast, debuted in the sport at the age of five, encouraged by his father. Coming from an athletic family – his cousin Hayk Manukyan is a European champion in wrestling – Hamlet grew up in the small town of Apaga, about an hour from the capital city of Yerevan, […]

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Chengdu all-around champion returns to claim rhythmic gymnastics bronze at Rhine-Ruhr

Summer Games 18 July 2025

Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the hardest sports in the world. It requires hours of daily practice, and most of an athlete’s life is spent in the training hall. That’s why pursuing university education at the same time can be extremely challenging. Except for someone like Hungary’s Fanni Pigniczki, the double gold medallist from the […]

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New Zealand’s Schuler brothers forge legacy in FISU water polo

Summer Games 18 July 2025

The Schuler family is one deeply entrenched in sport. A New Zealand All Black father and five siblings who played water polo at one point during their childhood, among whom two brothers are now competing for glory at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games.  Josef and Isaac Schuler began their campaign on Friday, 18 […]

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Kolosov overcomes pressure to break new ground in German rhythmic gymnastics

Summer Games 18 July 2025

Ninety seconds that determine months of training. This is the harsh reality of rhythmic gymnastics, a discipline blending elements of traditional dance and artistic gymnastics, where routines are choreographed to music, highlighting the harmony between movement and melody. Margarita Kolosov, competing for host Germany at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games, understands firsthand what […]

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Dutch table tennis twins go from battling at home to competing internationally

Summer Games 18 July 2025

When twin brothers Daan and Aron Sanders first picked up rubber rackets, they were just eight years old and standing across the table from their experienced table tennis playing father. Now, after many years of hard work and intense competition, the two are holding paddles at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University games as fierce […]

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Okutoyi inspires young Kenyans while aiming for FISU Games success

Summer Games 18 July 2025

From East Africa to Wimbledon to the USA to Rhine-Ruhr, Kenyan student-athlete Angella Okutoyi has achieved tennis success everywhere she’s been, and she’s just getting started. At the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games, the 21-year-old business student is a top-ten seed and is in prime position to earn Kenya’s first medal – in any […]

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Behind the scenes of doping control at Rhine-Ruhr 2025

Summer Games 18 July 2025

In the world of competitive sport, athletes are constantly striving to be faster, stronger and better, sometimes pushing themselves beyond the limits of fair play. Doping, which involves the use of banned performance-enhancing substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is one of the most controversial topics in high-performance sport. At every FISU World University […]