About WUGs
The World University Games (WUGs), also known as the Universiade, are held every two years under the auspices of FISU, the International University Sports Federation. The Games are the second largest global high performance multi-sports event after the Olympics and, in many sports, are of a comparable or higher standard than the Commonwealth Games.
The Games have taken place every 2 years since the first edition in Turin, Italy in 1959. New Zealand has only ever won 20 medals at the Games, 5 of them in 2005 and 11 in 2011. The 2013 Games are being held in Kazan, Russia and the 2015 in Gwangju, Korea.
WUGs comprises 12 core sports and up to 5 optional sports, the latter determined by the host nation. WUGs are staged in various cities throughout the world and FISU attributes the Games 4 years in advance.
2011 Shenzhen Summer Universiade – 12-23 August 2011, China
The sports that New Zealand competed in at the 2011 World University Games were:
Athletics,
Cycling
Diving
Gymnastics (Artistic & Rhythmic)
With a full delegation of 74 people, including 52 athletes, New Zealand were on the hunt for a haul of medals.
Team New Zealand is now 12 medals richer, following a strong campaign in the pool by the swimming team, medals so far are:
Gold in the 200m Breaststroke for Glenn Snyders (Massey Uni)
Gold in the 800m Freestyle for Lauren Boyle (California Uni)
Bronze in the 200m Backstroke for Gareth Kean (Victoria Uni)
Gold in the 400m Freestyle for Lauren Boyle
Gold in the 100m Backstroke for Gareth Kean
Bronze in the 100m Backstroke for Kurt Bassett (Massey Uni)
Silver in the 100m Breaststroke for Glenn Snyders
Silver in the 200m Freestyle for Lauren Boyle
Silver in the 4 x 200M Women’s Relay for Natasha Hind (Massey), Melissa Ingram (Auckland), Amaka Gessler (Massey), Lauren Boyle.
Gold in the 50m Breaststroke for Glenn Snyders
Bronze in the 1500m Freestyle for Lauren Boyle
Bronze in the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay for Gareth Kean, Glenn Snyders, Kurt Bassett and Matthew Stanley (Massey Uni).
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