France Wins, Italy Celebrates

Italy lost the Men’s Epee team final to France yesterday, but it was still a memorable occasion for the Italians, for whom the silver was their 100th Universaide fencing medal.

Ireland Wins First Medal for 10 Years

Gareth Turnbul won Ireland’s first medal at the Universiade since 1991 yesterday afternoon, taking silver in the Men’s 1,500m.

Sponsorship Helps Poor Athletes to Shine

More than 200 participants in the 21st Universiade could only make it to Beijing thanks to financial support from the organizers and the International Olympic Committee.

Swimming

Igor Chervynskiy from Ukraine and Shunichi Fujita both broke the Universiade record for the Men’s 800m Freestyle, while Peter Marshall from the U.S.A. set a new mark for the Men’s 100m Backstroke.

Men’s Basketball Semis Play Today

China faces the U.S.A. and Germany takes the court against Yugoslavia as the Men’s Basketball reaches the semifinal stage today. The winners will compete in the final on August 31.

Top Tennis Seeds Crash Out

The top seeds in the Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles tennis were all knocked out of the 21st Universiade tournament yesterday.