An athlete competes in the crossbow archery event at the sports games in Rongshui Miao autonomous county in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Sept 24, 2010. The second ethnic minority sports games were held in the county on Friday. More than 2500 athletes from 21 ethnic minorities, including the Miao, Yao and Dong groups participated in the games this year.
Source: Xinhua
THE 8th World University Archery Championships opened at Shenzhen Stadium in Futian District on Thursday.
The four-day championships are a test for the 2011 Universiade (World University Games), which will be held in Shenzhen.
Attending the opening ceremony were a total of 190 athletes and officials from 26 countries, including George E. Killian, president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), Wu Yihuan, vice mayor and chairwoman of the championships organizing committee, and Liang Daoxing, vice chairman of the Executive Committee and director-general of the Executive Office.
The competition kicks off with an individual ranking round at the 3,500-seat stadium Friday.
The individual eliminations and finals will be held Saturday. The team eliminations and finals and the mixed team event will be held Sunday.
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