Summer World University Games 2021

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Following foreign political leaders will attend the opening ceremony along with China's president Xi according to Xinhua news agency

 

Indonesia President Joko

Mauritania President Ghazouani

Burundi President Ndayishimiye

Guyana President Ali

Georgia Prime Minister Garibashvili

Fiji Prime Minister Rabuka

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What’s the story with the US women’s basketball team? When did they pull out of the competition?

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1 hour ago, PHI2019 said:

What’s the story with the US women’s basketball team? When did they pull out of the competition?

My assumption is that our university sports federation was unable to find an interested (or suitable) team. They put out an open call in May: https://usateam.org/news/2023/5/15/2023-chengdu-be-the-usa-womens-basketball-national-team-to-compete-at-world-university-games-in-china.aspx

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 guaranteed to medal in men’s compound archery. Saini and Bisla will face each other in the semifinals. 
 

 advanced to both the men’s and women’s compound team finals yesterday as well.  will get medals as well.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Olympian1010

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Sadly there are no details of the archery competition on the IANSEO website. It’s always easier to follow the competition there 

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Time for the opening ceremony 

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Straight into the Athlete’s Parade!    This is the way to do it!  Plus full-on dancing pandas!

 

we are going in English alphabetical order, so no unexpected conjunctions.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Grassmarket

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Classic music, but this time electronic, for the parade of nations.

 

Anthem felt like a rehash of Beijing 2008.

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“Right here on….errrmmm…whichever channel you are watching!”   

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Broken tooth where  should be