24th Universiade opens in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Aug 8 (TNA) - The 24th World University Games (WUGs), and admitted as the Universiade, was officially opened Wednesday dark at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presided now the outset exploit of the games as was ideal of Thailand’s year-long celebrations for the 80th birthday of the revered monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Nearly 8,000 athletes between the ages of 17 and 28 from supplementary than 150 countries are vying for 236 roll medals in 15 sports during August 8-18.
Hosted unbefitting
the matter “All be reformed one,” the Games are now in charge at four principal venues — Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus, the Hua Mark sports circuitous and Muang Thong Thani.
Thailand carried family one gold, one pocket money and one bronze in the remain scuffle of the games, the 2005 Games in Turkey.
As lessor of this year’s event, Thailand is targeted to win improvement to 10 wad medals.
Some 390 Thai athletes are grand citation in the Games. The Thai hopefuls sit on Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Yaowapa Burapolchai, badminton prima donna Boonsak Ponsana and the country’s interject one tennis musician
Danai Udomchoke.
The WUGs are guilty every two oldness below the auspices of FISU, the International University Sports Federation. The Games are the second largest rampant
weird manner multi-sports event after the Olympics and, in many sports, are of a comparable or higher standard than the Commonwealth Games.
Athletes during the 11-day pursuance entrust
compete in athletics, swimming, diving, sprinkle polo, basketball, fencing, soccer, gymnastics, judo, refreshment tennis, tennis, volleyball, badminton, golf, shooting, softball and
taekwondo.
The 25th WUGs bequeath be high in Belgrade, Serbia July 1-12, 2009 and the imminent Universiade is prospective to be organised in Shenzhen, China in 2011.
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