Tag: 27th Summer Universiade
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Team Spirit Flies over in 27th Summer Universiade
Kazan, July 12, 2013: As it has become a tradition, the last day of competition at the Universiade was dedicated to the team event. Thus 22 teams for men and 14 for women were chasing a Universiade title. Once again, the competition attracted a large audience, which boosted the atmosphere within the Tatneft Arena. In…
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‘Being a Volunteer is Like Reading a Book’ Guzel Shyhutdinova
KAZAN – It was not easy to welcome 10,442 athletes coming from 162 different countries. Each one brings their own language and culture to Kazan. ”I really want to meet them and I want to see them happy during their stay in Kazan,” said Guzel Shyhutdinova, one of the 20,000 volunteers at the 27th Summer…
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Ghana’s athletics coach, Djimadoum Rodoum, has got the travel bug
KAZAN – Ghana’s athletics coach, Djimadoum Rodoum, has got the travel bug. Rodoum is the coach for Ghana’s team of two representatives – 400-meter runner Tchoumegoyo Moussargue and 800-meter athlete Adoum Baliwing. Rodoum, who was once a 400-meter world championships athlete himself has been to all continents for his sport, exploring world cities from Sydney…
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Kazan honours first Russian medallists at Universiade
Kazan – The honouring of the first Russian medallists at the 2013 Summer Universiade took place on a Sunday evening in Kazan. Attending the ceremony on the stage of the Universiade Park will be representatives of three sports: Universiade 3m springboard champion Evgeny Kuznetsov, judoka Zafar Makhmadov, who won silver, coxless fours made up of…
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The First Gold Medal goes to … Australia!
KAZAN – The Australian Uniroos have registered the first gold medal of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. It was Uniroo Samantha Mills who surprisingly claimed the honours of the inaugural gold medal on the third day of competition when she snared the top spot in the Women’s 1m Springboard Dive. “I didn’t really…
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After an impressive first day of judo competition
Women’s -63kg and -70kg and Men’s -81kg and -90kg The second day of competition at the 27th Summer Universiade, Kazan 2013, just came to an end with four new champions and three countries in gold, Korea having won two more titles (yesterday Korea won the men’s +100kg) in the women’s -70kg and men’s -90kg weight…
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27th Summer Universiade; Check up Your Heart!
KAZAN – FISU, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan and the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Kazan and of course the Organising Committee of the 27th Summer Universiade established a data collection programme on athletes which will also be an excellent tool for preventive medicine (heart). From June 30th…