TAIPEI CITY – As you know, the city of Taipei will very soon welcome the 29th FISU Summer Universiade. For an event of this magnitude, it’s important to have the citizens involved also to gather the audience into the stadium. This is why the members of the organising committee are imaginative as much as possible. […]
TAIPEI CITY – The Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade will kick-off on 19 August. In the meantime, the Universiade Flame continues its itinerary around the island with the torch relay that began overseas when the mother flame was lit at a ceremony in Turin, Italy on 20 June. After a busy schedule that saw […]
TAIPEI CITY – The first leg of the Universiade Torch Relay ascended to the top of lofty Mt. Jade on 7 July. Mt. Jade, at 3,952 meters tall, is the highest mountain in Chinese Taipei. For the Mt. Jade torch relay, TUOC selected 10 young people who have climbing experience, are physically fit […]
TAIPEI CITY – After the Universiade Torch was lit with the Universiade Flame on 20 June in Torino, the host city of the first Universiade, its relay proceeded to Naples, Italy (2019 SU), and Bangkok, Thailand (2007 SU). The Flame team then travelled to Taipei’s sister city, Daegu, Korea (2003 SU), for the […]
BANGKOK – The Torch Relay of the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei City reached Bangkok, a former host city of the Universiade. Indeed, a decade ago, in 2007, Thailand hosted the 24th edition of the FISU Summer Games. The Universiade flame for the Taipei 2017 Universiade was lit at the University of Turin in […]
TORINO – A return to the roots and a look to the future. A new FISU tradition is bound to be, i.e. the launch of the Summer Universiade and also the Winter Universiade will start in Turin with the ignition of the Universiade Torch in the birthplace of the Universiade. Indeed, the Italian city […]
TAIPEI CITY – Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade is expected to attract around 10,000 athletes from more than 120 countries, making it the biggest international multi-sport event Chinese Taipei has ever hosted. It will not only be a stage upon which international athletes can achieve their dreams, but also a platform where Chinese Taipei’s youth […]
TAIPEI CITY – Construction of one of the new venues built for Taipei 2017 Universiade, Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, has been completed. At 10am on 8 June. Taipei Mayor Wen-Je Ko paid a special observation visit to the Gymnasium and invited the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Education Sports Administration, Zhe-Hong Lin […]
