2011 Shenzhen The Universiade
Shenzhen China will host The Universiade in 2011. The Universiade has 10 compulsory sports, namely track and field, water sports (diving, swimming and water polo) , soccer, fencing, gymnastics, judo, basketball, tennis and volleyball, table tennis.
The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words “University” and “Olympiad”. The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games; however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students, as well.
We will be following this important event and publish articles about the progress of the stadiums and other interesting news that I come across. I have now opened a new category on my website to categorize all the news about the Universiade.
Shenzhen will host the Universiade in 2011 from the 8th of August till the 18th of August. The city beat out four other candidates – Kaohsiung of Chinese Taipei, Poznan of Poland, Kazan of Russia and Murcia of Spain.