GWANGJU– Playing tennis for Giuliana Olmos is simple, representing a country is not. Her father is from Mexico, yet was born in her mothers home country of Austria. “At the age of two my parents moved to the United States where I grew up in California,” said Olmos. “Because of my parents nationality and […]
GWANGJU – We often find families interested in the same sports, like the William sisters, the Murray brothers and others. But it is not often that they are twins and identical. Well the 28th Universiade in Gwangju Korea will see the identical duo of Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood, from India feature in the […]
GWANGJU – Happiness and sadness, hope and sorrow, will and despair, a mix of emotions has been expressed by Atef Ben Chaabane, the Tunisian head of delegation. Tunisia, a small country in Northern Africa was represented in the 28th Summer Universiade by two judo athletes Sarra Mzoughi and Hamza Barhoumi. The two representatives of […]
GWANGJU – Members of the Young Reporters’ Programme were taken on a tour of the Athletes’ Village by SU Manager Jing Zhao. The Village is quite an impressive, the accommodation facilities which looked up to par, a very functional medical center and also information areas. Catching the attention was the Center for Sexual […]
Bogdan Radosavljevic (N°15) in action GWANGJU – Bogdan Radosavljevic’s career as a basketball player picked up speed when he transferred from Bayern Munich Basketball to the Walter Tigers Tübingen in August 2013. “I wanted to get more playing time”, says the 21-year-old German centre. In Tübingen Radosavljevic was given the chance to prove himself […]
MERS Statement n°6 FISU Medical Committee Chair, Lawrence D. RINK, M.D. We are now all in the Republic of Korea for the Summer Universiade and we feel very safe because of precautions taken by Korean Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the FISU Medical Committee in cooperation with the FISU Executive […]
GWANGJU – Anke Piper is one of the most experienced referees from Germany at the women’s competitions in the Nambu University International Aquatics Center. She became a referee after being a diver herself. Anke knows very well what the Universiade diving athletes feel when they are staying at the edge of the towering platform above […]
GWANGJU – A water polo team consists of seven players, six field players and one goalkeeper. For the Edwards family from Melbourne, Australia that means they could quite well build a team on their own. Blake (23) and Lachlan Edwards (20) are two brothers playing for the Australian water polo team at […]
