Cities Eager to Host Student Olympiad

The future of the Universiade “looks great” because “we have more and more candidates” to host the games, said FISU media assistant Yvan Dufour in an exclusive interview with U21neFor the 2007 Summer Universiade, FISU has already got three candidate hosts, namely, Canada, Thailand and Australia.

Athletes Stick to International Convention

National teams are scheduled to follow international convention by entering the venue of the opening ceremony of the 21st Universiade in alphabetical order.

Newsflash

By 8:45 yesterday morning, officials from 32 delegations had registered at the Accreditation Center of the Athletes’ Village of the 21st Universiade.

Opening Ceremony

Heavy rain failed to dampen the spirits of the 10,000 performers and the 30,000 spectators who enjoyed the opening ceremony rehearsal at Workers’ Stadium yesterday evening.