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Pouring rain, rainbow smiles and Türkiye wrap up athletics

Summer Games 6 August 2023

The last day of athletics at the Chengdu FISU World University Games included fourteen medal events, with a surprise country stealing the show, Türkiye. Sunday started perfectly for the European nation with six medals. Three of them were gold in four half-marathon events courtesy of Sezgi̇n Atac in the men’s individual race (1:04:36), as well […]

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Water polo champions gets chance to defend title

Summer Games 6 August 2023

The battles for spots in the men’s water polo final at the Chengdu FISU World University Games were filled with action and excitement. Italy faced Georgia in one semifinal and won 11-10, in down-to-the-wire, dramatic fashion. The game didn’t start well for the favored Italians, who simply couldn’t score. It was Georgia in the lead […]

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Cheung Ka Long turns fencing into a phenomenon in Hong Kong

Summer Games 5 August 2023

When fencer Cheung Ka Long won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020, he gained national hero status in his homeland of Hong Kong, China. It also marked Hong Kong’s first triumph at the Olympic Games since 1996. But he wasn’t fully satisfied and on Friday became the Chengdu FISU World University Games champion. In the men’s […]

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Table tennis: A big deal in China

Summer Games 5 August 2023

Zhou Kai (China) celebrates his gold medal win in men’s singles Thanks to two more titles on the last day of table tennis competition, the Chinese delegation managed to sweep all seven gold medals in the sport in Chengdu. In Saturday’s singles finals, Qian Tianyi defeated Japan’s Idesawa Kyoka in seven sets to claim the […]

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Bittersweet day for China as curtain falls on Taekwondo

Summer Games 5 August 2023

‘Jiayou’ cheers were constant as the Chinese teams were introduced at the Wangjiang Campus Gymnasium during the last day of taekwondo at the Chengdu FISU World University Games. However, the chants were put to a temporary halt as things did not go as the local crowd had hoped in the men’s team semi-finals against archrival […]

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Team support, friendship leads to the golden comeback

Summer Games 5 August 2023

For the first 20 minutes of Saturday’s women’s doubles tennis final, it didn’t look like top-seeded Wu Fang-hsien and Liang En-shuo were going to be crowned Chengdu FISU World University Games champions. After a disastrous start, the Chinese Taipei duo was down two breaks and 5-0 against the crowd favorites, China’s Jiang Xianyu and Guo […]

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In the name of the father: Italian swimming success runs in the family

Summer Games 5 August 2023

Italy was in the spotlight at the pool on Saturday in the men’s 800m freestyle final of the Chengdu FISU World University Games. Matteo Lamberti from the northern city of Brescia won his second gold medal of the meet in 7:54.12, after triumphing in the 400 free on Tuesday. Matteo’s last name brings immediately a […]

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A young gold medallist and Tifosi vocal in the shadow of the home record holder

Summer Games 5 August 2023

The fourth day of swimming competition at the Dong’an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Centre was one of the most eagerly anticipated of the Chengdu FISU World University Games. Poland’s rising star Adela Piskorska showed her maturity in the women’s 100m backstroke, winning her first gold medal of the FISU Games in 1:00.20. “I’m still learning. […]