Multisports

  SHENZHEN – It lacks nothing. It has everything necessary and more to accommodate more than 10,000 athletes and officials from the 152 participating countries. The Village of Shenzhen is one of the magnificent works destined for the Universiade. It is located in the Longgang District in the area of ​​the Shenzhen Polytechnic University on a site of 492,000 square meters, of which 478,000 are covered with some impressive buildings. The main entrance has a large basin of transport. A subway […]

Podium of the Men’s Beach Volleyball competition (Photo: C. Pierre/FISU)   SHENZHEN – Below you will find an overview of today’s – August 18th – medals at the 26th Summer Universiade inShenzhen,China. More info regarding sport news and complete results can be found on the website of the OC (www.sz2011.org) or by clicking on the […]

The FISU Medical Commitee posing with President Gallien   SHENZHEN – Today, August 18th, theFISU Medical Committee (CMI), chaired by Dr. Larry Rink met in Shenzhen. FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien attended the meeting as well. The Committee discussed the assignments for the upcoming 2012 World University Championships and its restructuring for the coming period. Afterwards, […]

Huanqiang North Street   SHENZHEN – Located in the Futian District of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, Huanqiang North Street is a paradise for those who are passionate about electronics. Some 717 stores are spread out over 1.56 km, in shopping malls and galleries with some 130.000 employees to help you with your choice for what item […]

Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qing shakes hands with one of the FISU-AIPS Young Reporters   SHENZHEN – As the manner of the profession, it is rare for journalists to shake hands with their news sources, especially the high profile people they cover their stories every day. But the young journalists, participating in the FISU-AIPS programme had […]

Chinese teacher Qing   SHENZHEN – FISU-AIPS Young Reporter Natalia Donets set out on a journey to learn Chinese in the Athletes’ Village. She found out that it actually takes a lifetime. Read her story below. Some of us are quite hopeless when it comes to foreign languages, but when it comes to such language […]

  SHENZHEN – Every morning without fail, a plane laden with vials of fresh urine takes off in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and lands just under three hours later in Beijing. The fluids, which have been provided by athletes at the Universiade, are then transported to a high-tech laboratory in China’s capital city […]

  SHENZHEN – According to the last International Control Committee (CIC) statistics, we do have for the first time ever in Universiade history MORE THAN 10,000 PARTICIPANTS ACCREDITED! The CIC office will still be open until Monday August the 22nd so this number will continue to grow!