Can you imagine a medical student winning gold at the Chengdu FISU World University Games? On Saturday, it was a dream come true for Mariana Machado, the Portuguese long-distance runner who won the women’s 5000m gold. Medallists in men’s pole vault (from left to right) – Pol.l/cpl Amsamarng (Thailand) – silver, Urho Kujanpaa (Finland) – […]
On the fourth day of athletics at the Chengdu FISU World University Games, Australia’s Cara Feain-Ryan was golden in the women’s 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:46.02. “It’s a little bit surreal. I was hoping for a medal from the championships but to win is even better,” said the University of Queensland athlete. “This […]
Tuesday, August 1st marked exactly one year until the start of the athletics competition of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The dream of every athlete is to one day compete under the aura of the five rings. It may seem a long way away, but it will be here in no time. There are, however, […]
On the second day of competing in athletics at the Chengdu FISU University Games, Poland took the spotlight by winning five medals, including three gold. Konrad Bukowiecki, a FISU Games record holder, was Poland’s special hero, winning his second straight title in men’s shot put, and his third FISU Games medal having also won bronze […]
Chengdu temperatures pushed limits on the first day of athletics. A scorching heat wave took over Shuangliu Sports Centre and brought hell to the hundreds of athletes who showed up at the venue yesterday. “It is really hard to compete under these conditions, you struggle to breathe,” said Samantha Joseph, who ran the 400m hurdles […]
An incredible 10 new national records were set across various track and field events at the enthralling 2023 University Sports South Africa (USSA) Athletics Championships, which took place from May 4-6 in the City of Roses, Bloemfontein. Hosted at the Free State Athletics Stadium, the competition brought together South Africa’s best university athletes, who were […]
South African sprinter, and 100m Youth Olympics champion, Luke Davids has set his sights on the top step of the podium at this summer’s Chengdu 2021 World University Games. Images supplied by Luke DavidsThe 20-year-old athlete, who hails from the small community of Belhar near Cape Town, shot to global stardom at the 2018 Summer […]
Where to start, really? When talking taking it to the limit straight from the gate this year in student-athlete running circles, we’d be remiss to start with anything but the 2021 Hakone Ekiden, Japan’s classic two-day relay running race. It was a bit of an eerie sight to see the biggest race in […]
