World University Games is an international multi-sport competition. The games were organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). World University Games were first held in accordance with the Congress of the International Students' Federation (CIE) in Warsaw, Poland, in 1924. They were the pet project of Frenchman Jean Petitjean and it attracted some 60 students, mainly from Great Britain, Poland and France. The first session marked the success story of the game.
After the first edition, two years later, that is, between 1927 and 1939 the Games were held in various European locations: Rome (1927), Paris (1928), Darmstadt, Germany (1930), Turin, Italy (1933), Budapest (1935), Paris (1937) and Monte Carlo (1939).
The 2009 Summer University Games is the 25th edition of the game. It was held at Serbia in Belgrade. The game marked the biggest sporting event ever held in Serbia with a great number of 9,000 student athletes, coaches and officials from 143 countries and regions.
The first World University Games were held in Turin in 1959. All the participants must be between 17 and 28 and they are studying for a degree or diploma, or have graduated within the past year.
The 24th session of the World University Games held in Bangkok in 2007. China was remarkably the highest medal winning country in that session. The country has earned 87 medals in the last session and has sent a 445-member delegation to Belgrade. All the skilled athletes of the country will compete in all 15 sports and are expected to win medals in fencing, artistic gymnastics, diving and table tennis.
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