World Universiade. Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. Where and when

From August 19 to 30, the XXIX World Summer Universiade took place in Taipei (China). Over 10 thousand athletes and officials from 170 countries took part in it.

During the competition, 275 sets of awards were played in 22 sports: badminton, basketball, baseball, water polo, volleyball, golf, judo, athletics, table tennis, swimming, diving, artistic gymnastics, archery, tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, fencing, football, rhythmic gymnastics, and for the first time competitions were held among men and women in billiards, roller sports and wushu.

The Russian sports delegation includes 348 athletes and 169 specialists. Among the athletes are 13 Honored Masters of Sports and 81 Masters of Sports of international class. Among them Ilya Zakharov(Olympic and world champion in diving), Vera Biryukova(Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics), Evgeny Kuznetsov(Olympic medalist and world champion in diving), Maria Paseka(four-time Olympic medalist and world champion in artistic gymnastics), Tim Turieva(world weightlifting champion) and Artyom Okulov(world champion in weightlifting).

Let us remind you that athletes born in 1989-1999 are allowed to participate in the XXIX World Summer Universiade. Participants born in 1993-1999 are eligible for basketball competitions.

The opening ceremony of the Universiade took place August 19 at Taipei Stadium. Closing ceremony – August 30.

The television broadcast of the competition in the Russian Federation was carried out by the Match TV channel.

At the previous XXVIII World Summer Universiade in 2015 in Gwangju (Republic of Korea), the Russian team took second place in the team standings and first in the standings for the total number of awards, winning 122 medals (34 gold, 39 silver and 49 bronze).

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Guide to the Summer Universiade 2017

These competitions have their own anthem, mascot and slogan, but there will be no Russian athletes.

Where and when

From August 19 to August 30 in Taipei. Brasilia and Turkish Izmir argued for the right to host the competition. Taiwan is the only country among the candidates that has not previously hosted the Universiade. Brazil hosted the University Games in 1963, and Turkey hosted athletes in 2005. Taipei's application was approved by the International University Sports Federation on November 29, 2011.

For the capital of the Republic of China, these competitions will generally become the largest and most significant sporting event in the entire history of the island state. All tickets for the Opening Ceremony, which will take place on August 19, were sold out a month ago.

Kinds of sports

Over the course of a week and a half, athletes will compete for 275 sets of awards in 22 sports. In addition to the fourteen compulsory events that are presented at each summer Universiade, the organizing committee added eight more. Six of them were previously held at collegiate games: archery, badminton, baseball, golf, taekwondo and weightlifting. Wushu and roller sports will make their debut at the Universiade this year.

Representatives of athletics will traditionally compete for the most awards - 50 sets of medals, in swimming athletes will compete for 42 sets, in taekwondo - for 23 sets.

Symbolism

The Chinese character that means “north” and is an abbreviation for Taipei was chosen for the Universiade logo. The lines as conceived by the designers reflect the city's constant desire for excellence and innovation. A mandatory element in the logo is five stars, which, like the Olympic rings, represent the five continents.

The official slogan of the competition is “For you. For young people".

The Universiade also has its own mascot - a black bear named Bravo. He was chosen as the mascot through an online vote. The white stripes on the chest are made in the shape of the letter V, which means victory. This letter is also the ribbon for the bear's gold medal.

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The Universiade also has its own hymn. The lyrics for the song Embrace the World with You were written by famous Chinese singer Chris Wu. In addition to national motifs, the composition uses a rumba rhythm. The song is about friendship and world peace.

Russian team

The University Sports Federation has set a target of 40 gold medals for this Universiade. To accomplish this task, famous and titled athletes, winners and prize-winners of world championships and Olympic games will be involved. So our team will be represented by divers Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, archer Tuyana Dashidozhieva, weightlifter Artem Okulov and others.

Athletics representatives will not be able to compete at the Universiade. The Russian Student Union was unable to register athletes to participate in the games.

“Our athletes will not compete at the Universiade in any capacity, nothing happened. It was planned that 11 people would go there, but we never received any clarification from the International University Sports Federation on how neutral athletes would participate in the competition. It was not clear how to enter them into the database,” Sergei Seiranov, president of the Russian Sports Student Union, told TASS.

Where to see

The World Summer Universiade can be watched on our website and the Match! TV channel. Arena". The opening ceremony will take place on August 19 at 14:00.

August 20 “Match! Arena" will show competitions in diving, judo, fencing and swimming. Broadcasts start at 9:25.

Photo: globallookpress.com, Getty Images, RIA Novosti

Are you already missing the Summer Olympics? It doesn’t matter, the sports calendar has a planned holiday for you – the 2017 Summer Universiade! The tournament will be held in Taiwan in August this year. All spectators can expect a rich program, including 21 types of team and individual disciplines for women and men. Fans will witness the uncompromising struggle of judokas, intense volleyball matches and exciting football matches. And this is just not a complete list of upcoming sporting events. So we are waiting for the start of the competition to see the entire sports program!

Where will the Summer Universiade 2017 be held?

The host country of the upcoming tournament will be the capital of the island state of Taiwan - the city of Taipei. Athletes from all over the world will meet in state-of-the-art sports arenas on August 19 – 30. So if you want to brighten up the last days of summer, don't miss the live broadcasts from Taipei!

Taipei had to withstand tough competition. After all, its competitors were the capital of Brazil and Turkish Izmit. Both candidates had impressive experience in holding international competitions, including university games. Taipei was also disadvantaged by the fact that Taiwan is a partially recognized state; many countries consider it an integral part of mainland China.

Sports facilities of the championship

State-of-the-art arenas are available to students from all over the world. All of them were either recently erected or built specifically for the competition. Here is a list of newly built indoor facilities that are ready to accommodate athletes:

• Taipei Dome(Taipei Dome);
• Taipei Tennis Center(Taipei Tennis Center);
• Taipei Basketball Gymnasium(Taipei Basketball University);
• Taipei Arena(Taipei Arena).

Summer Universiade logo

The emblem of the youth championship is five multi-colored petals, soaring upward in a single dance. According to the organizers, such a composition symbolizes the “striving for perfection.”

The mascot will be a black and gray bear with a gold medal around its neck. The triumphantly raised paws of the “clubfoot” will “motivate athletes to dedication and the pursuit of excellence.” The competition also has a slogan: “For you – For youth”.

In which sports will competitions take place at the Summer Universiade?

In total, 21 types of disciplines are defined, 14 of which are mandatory.

1. basketball;
2. swimming:
3. freestyle (50 m, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500);
4. breaststroke (50, 100, 200);
5. on the back (50, 100, 200);
6. butterfly (50, 100, 200);
7. combined style (200, 400);
8. freestyle relay (4 * 100);
9. freestyle relay (4 * 200);
10. medley relay (4 * 100);
11. open water swimming (10 km);
12. mixed freestyle relay (4 * 100);
13. mixed medley relay (4 * 100).
14. judo (men/women):
15. up to 60/48 kg;
16. 66/52;
17. 73/57;
18. 81/63;
19. 90/70;
20. 100/78;
21. over 100/78;
22. absolute category.
23. volleyball;
24. football;
25. gymnastics;
26. fencing;
27. water polo;
28. Athletics;
29. tennis;
30. table tennis;
31. gymnastics:
32. team all-around;
33. individual all-around;
34. floor exercise;
35. horse;
36. rings;
37. vault;
38. parallel bars;
39. crossbar.
40. diving:
41. springboard (1 m);
42. springboard (3);
43. synchronized springboard (3);
44. tower (10);
45. synchronous tower (10).
46. taekwondo.

The remaining disciplines were included in the sports program by the organizing committee of the host country. The final list can be seen on the official website of the World Summer Universiade 2017. In the meantime, seven sports have been preliminarily agreed upon:

1. archery.
2. Weightlifting.
3. golf.
4. badminton.
5. baseball.
6. roller sport

If weightlifting has returned to competitive practice, then wushu and roller sports will be presented at university games for the first time.

Who will be the leader in the medal standings of the Summer Universiade 2017

The Taiwanese team does not have enough stars in the sky, so one can hardly expect a victorious sprint from the athletes of the host country. In previous drawings, the top three were distributed as follows:

Gwangju (South Korea), 2015:

• South Korea;
• Russia;
• China.

Kazan (Russia), 2013:

• Russia;
• China;
• Japan.

Shenzhen (China), 2011:

• China;
• Russia;
• South Korea.

Belgrade (Serbia), 2009:

• Russia;
• China;
• South Korea.

Bangkok (Thailand), 2007:

• China;
• Russia;
• Ukraine.

Izmir (Türkiye), 2005:

• Russia;
• China;
• Japan.

Daegu (South Korea), 2003:

• China;
• Russia;
• South Korea.

Beijing (China), 2001:

• China;
• Russia.

As can be seen from the list, the leaders are three countries: Russia, China and South Korea. Therefore, they will most likely end up leading the final table of the 2017 Summer Universiade. However, politics may once again interfere with sports. There was already a precedent when, in response to harsh attacks from the Taiwanese government, officials from the Middle Kingdom threatened to boycott university games. Let's hope that political strife will pass the upcoming Universiade!

Afterword

So, you now know when the tournament will take place, how many competitive disciplines fans will see and who claims to win in the unofficial standings. So buy tickets or even offer yourself as a volunteer helper. Fortunately, registration of volunteers for the Universiade is still ongoing. Well, for those fans who do not have the opportunity to personally attend competitions in Taiwan, there will always be sports channels that will broadcast round-the-clock television broadcasts!

The 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei has ended

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08/19/2017 Opening of the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei

On August 19, 2017, the twenty-ninth Summer Universiade, the World International Student and Youth Sports Competition, started in the Taiwanese city of Taipei. The opening ceremony of the competition took place at the Taipei Arena. During the upcoming 11 days of competition, 275 sets of awards will be awarded.

The XXIX Summer Universiade ended on August 30, 2017 in the Chinese city of Taipei. The closing ceremony of the competition took place at the Taipei Arena, which seats 21 thousand spectators. Over 11 days of competition, 275 sets of awards were awarded.

The Russian team took fourth place in the team competition, winning 25 gold, 31 silver and 38 bronze medals. The leaders of the medal standings at the end of the Universiade were the Japanese, who won 37 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze awards. The second place went to the South Korean team (30-22-30), the host team of the competition, Taiwan, took third place (26-34-30).

The Russian Federation team was represented at the World Universiade by a delegation of 348 athletes who won a total of 101 medals.

The largest number of awards for the Russian national team was brought by Yulia Bravikova, who won four gold and one silver medal in rhythmic gymnastics competitions. The Russian won in the exercises with hoop, clubs, ribbon and in the individual all-around, and took second place in the exercises with the ball. The Russian rhythmic gymnastics team at the Universiade confirmed its status as the best in the world, winning a total of seven gold, four silver and two bronze awards.

The Russian diving team won four gold, three silver and three bronze medals. London Olympic champion Ilya Zakharov won two gold medals at the Universiade: in diving from a three-meter springboard and in synchronized diving from a three-meter springboard, paired with Evgeny Kuznetsov. Nikita Shleikher and Roman Izmailov won gold in synchronized diving from the platform. And the Russian men's team won the team competition in Taipei.

The Russians won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes in artistic gymnastics at the Universiade. Daria Spiridonova won the uneven bars exercise, and Kirill Prokopyev became first in the floor exercise. Russian gymnasts also excelled in the team tournament. Russian taekwondo athletes won three gold and bronze medals each in Taipei - Rafail Ayukaev won in the weight category over 87 kg and Boris Krasnov (up to 68 kg). The Russian team was also first in the men's team competition.

The fencers brought two gold medals to the Russian national team: Sergei Bida first won the individual epee competition, and then excelled in the team tournament together with Dmitry Gusev, Alan Fardzinov and Georgy Bruev. Russian foil fighters took three silver and one bronze. Russian swimmers won two gold, five silver and nine bronze medals following their performance at the Universiade. Victory was won by Alexander Sadovnikov in the 100 m butterfly and the women's team in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay.

Russian judokas won 12 medals in Taipei, but not a single gold one: the team won 3 silver and 9 bronze medals. The Russian team did not perform very well this time in the team events. In volleyball, the women's team won gold, and the men's team won silver. The men's water polo team won silver, and the female players won bronze medals.

The Russians also missed out on awards in athletics, where the Russian team ultimately did not compete at the Universiade. 11 people applied for participation in the athletics competitions in Taipei, all of them had permission to compete at international competitions in a neutral status from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). However, in the end, they did not go to the competition, since the IAAF and FISU (International University Sports Federation) could not agree that Russian track and field athletes could compete in Taipei under their own flag.

The next World Summer Universiade will be held in 2019 in Naples, Italy.

In Taipei (Chinese Taipei)hey) in the swimming competition at the 29th World Summer Universiade in the medal count, which took into account the awards won by athletes in the 50-meter pool and in open water swimming, the Russian team with16 medals (2 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze),took fourth place. The USA team is in first place with 28 (11-9-8), in second place is Japan with 20 (9-6-5), and in third place is Italy with 10 (5-4-1).

Swimmer competitions were held from August 20 to 26 in the 50-meter pool of the National Sports University, where 40 sets of awards were played out; a marathon race at a 10-kilometer distance in open water swimming for men and women took place on August 27 on the city canal located in the new parts of the city.

The most successful Russian athlete of the 2017 Universiade in swimming competitions was Arina Openysheva, who won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay along with Anastasia Guzhenkova, Valeria Salamatina and Maria Baklakova, silver in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, and two bronzes in the 100 individual distances. m and 200 m freestyle.

Maria Kameneva has three silver medals to her credit - in the 50m and 100m freestyle, as well as in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay. In the semi-final 50m freestyle, Maria repeated the Russian record of 24.82, which has been held by Elizaveta Bazarova since 2014.

Among men, the winner of the Universiade was Alexander Sadovnikov in the 100 m butterfly, the athlete also won a silver medal in the 4x100 m medley relay.

Mikhail Vekovishchev will take home four medals - one silver and three bronze. A silver medal was awarded to him in the medley relay, bronze - in the 200 m freestyle and in two freestyle relays 4x100 m and 4x200 m.

At individual distances, Andrey Zhilkin (50 m butterfly) won the silver medal, Rustam Gadirov (200 m breaststroke), Maria Temnikova (200 m breaststroke), Roman Larin (200 m backstroke), Alexander Osipenko (400 m medley) won bronze.

Let us remind you that at the 2015 Universiade in Gwangju (South Korea), Russian swimmers won 11 medals - 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze.

In total, the Russian national team at the 2017 Universiade won 94 medals in 19 sports - 25 gold, 31 silver and 38 bronze.

The next 30th World Summer Universiade will be held in the Italian city of Naples in 2019.

MEDALS WON BY RUSSIAN SWIMMERS AT THE XXIX WORLD SUMMER UNIVERSIAD IN TAIPEI

GOLD

1. Alexander Sadovnikov – 100 m butterfly – 51.81
2. Women's 4x200 m freestyle relay - Anastasia Guzhenkova, Valeria Salamatina, Maria Baklakova, Arina Openysheva (preliminary swim teacher Anna Egorova) - 7.55.28

SILVER

1. Maria Kameneva – 50 m freestyle – 25.08
2. Maria Kameneva – 100 m freestyle – 54.37
3. Andrey Zhilkin – 50 m butterfly – 23.40
4. Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay - Maria Kameneva, Polina Lapshina, Anastasia Guzhenkova, Arina Openysheva (preliminary swim teacher Maria Baklakova) - 3.39.39
5. Men's 4x100 m medley relay - Roman Larin, Rustam Gadirov, Alexander Sadovnikov, Mikhail Vekovishchev (pre-swimming team Andrey Shabasov, Mikhail Dorinov, Alexander Kudashev and Nikita Korolev) - 3.34.85

BRONZE

1. Arina Openysheva – 100 m freestyle – 54.89
2. Arina Openysheva – 200 m freestyle – 1.58.53
3. Mikhail Vekovishchev – 200 m freestyle – 1.46.48
4. Rustam Gadirov – 200 m breaststroke – 2.09.72
5. Maria Temnikova – 200 m breaststroke – 2.24.73
6. Roman Larin – 200 m backstroke – 1.57.29
7. Alexander Osipenko – 400 m medley – 4.16.63
8. Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay - Mikhail Vekovishchev, Andrey Arbuzov, Sergey Fesikov, Nikita Korolev (preliminary swim class Alexey Bryansky) - 3.15.78
9. Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay - Vyacheslav Andrusenko, Elisey Stepanov, Ernest Maksumov, Mikhail Vekovishchev (preliminary swim team Alexander Kudashev and Alexander Fedorov) - 7.13.47

RUSSIAN RECORD

1. Maria Kameneva – 50m freestyle – semi-final – 24.82