Xinhua News Agency, March 12 (Reporter Zhang Yifei, Xu Zheng) as the main torch burning for 11 days gradually went out, the 29th World University Winter Games was successfully concluded in Russia on the 12th. Host Russia has become the biggest winner in this winter gold medal list with the absolute advantage of 41 gold, 39 silver and 32 copper. The Chinese delegation received 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 Copper, ranking 14th in the gold medal list.
There will be 11 big events and 76 small events in this winter. The Chinese delegation will send 84 athletes to participate in 8 big events and 37 small events. In the competition on the 3rd, Li Zhonglin of Jilin Institute of Physical Education won the runner-up in freestyle skiing aerials, winning the first medal for the Chinese delegation. On the 4th, the Chinese delegation’s traditional advantage project short track speed skating went to war in an all-round way. Ankai of Ocean University of China won the championship at 2 minutes 34 seconds 350 in the men’s 1500-meter competition, winning the only gold medal for the Chinese team. The other two medals of the Chinese team came from the women’s snowboard U-shaped field competition. Qiu Leng and Wu Shaotong won the runner-up and the third place.
The Russian delegation continued the strong performance of the last Winter Games, winning 112 medals alone, 98 more than the South Korean delegation who ranked second in the medal list. Russia and South Korea held the latest two Winter Olympics respectively. With the help of the east wind, they focused on training young ice and snow athletes so that they could continue to perform well in the Winter Games.
At the closing ceremony on the evening of the 12th, the chairman of the World University Sports Federation, madiqin, said that he set a new standard for the Winter Games, in the future, the world general federation will continue to promote the reform and development of the summer and winter college games. “Promoting the communication and integration among the world’s college students and building a platform for the world’s college students to communicate with each other and improve themselves will be the constant purpose of the General Association.” Madichin said.
Then madichin announced the closing of the 29th World University Winter Games. The next winter conference will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland in January 2021.