Xing Hang from Jianghan University. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]
The 31st FISU Summer World University Games came to a close on Aug 8 in Chengdu. The Chinese sports delegation won 103 gold medals and 178 total medals, ranking first on both accounts.
A total of 6,500 university athletes from 113 countries and regions participated in the competitions. Xing Hang from Jianghan University won silver in the shooting women's 50-meter rifle three positions team event and bronze in the shooting women's 10-m air rifle individual and team events.
In the finals, Xing competed against foreign athletes from South Korea, India, Iran, and other countries.
Sun Hongjing from Jianghan University. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]
Sun Hongjing, from the same university, won the bronze medal in the 2000-m women's single sculls event. Sun Hongjing has nearly a decade of training and competition experience. This was her first time participating in a world-class event with a single scull.
