Swimming

A proud Brazilian relay team posing with their silver medal   SHENZHEN – On the second day of the swimming finals at the 26th Universiade, the Brazilian relay team secured the silver medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle, achieving the first silver medal of Brazil in these games. Henrique Martins, member of the team that won the second place, was surprised and honored to know that the first silver of Brazil came with swimming, “Good results and  we still have other events to race and maybe have a […]

SHENZHEN – It was less then two weeks ago that Hungarian swimmer László Cseh arrived home from Shanghai after a disappointing World Championship. Now he is back in China to show what he really can achive in the pool. The man who was beaten only by Michael Phelps in the 2008 Olimpic Games, winning 3 […]

The delegation of the Northern Marianas Islands at the Opening Ceremony (Photo: C. Pierre)    SHENZHEN – Northern Marianas Islands, just recently became a FISU Member Association. The remote Islands with Saipan as the most known have send a small delegation. FISU Young Reporter Christian Cruz, also from NMI, had a chat with the Islands […]

OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Swimming Canada, announced the 41 student-athletes who will represent Canada in swimming at the 26th Summer Universiade from August 12-23, 2011, in Shenzhen, China. The Canadian swim team is coming off back-to-back solid showings at the biennial event with seven medals (1-4-2) in 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia, […]