“I dream to get to the final and win the gold medal”: Edward Gardeo Isaacs, South African athlete competing in the Men’s 400m at San Paolo Stadium, the main location for athletics at the 2019 Universiade, raises his hopes in light of his qualification on the morning of July 8th. The third in his heat […]
Elizabeth Janse Van Rensburg, captain of the South African Women’s Rugby Sevens team
“Women’s rugby in South Africa is not as competitive as men’s rugby, and is also far less visible compared to other disciplines. It will be my personal commitment to form a respectable women’s National rugby team”. Athletes participating in the 2019 Universiade do not only dream of medals, podiums or the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: they […]
Ian Jason, leader of the French women’s rugby sevens team at the former NATO base in Bagnoli for Universiade 2019
“As we well know, playing against Italy is always hard and doing it in Italy is even more difficult, but now that we have won, we have aim to the top: we want to become the tournament Champions”. Ian Jason, leader of the French women’s rugby sevens team, does not mince words in order to […]
Interview with Riaan Van Der Merwe, head coach of the South Africa women’s rugby sevens team
“The girls followed my instructions very well. They remained calm and tightened the lines, playing a great match which they wonderfully won”. Riaan Van Der Merwe is the head coach of the South Africa women’s rugby sevens team in this Universiade 2019. He feels optimistic about his athletes’ path during these rounds, especially after the […]
Interview with Duccio Cosi, number 12 of the Italian rugby sevens team
“The match against Canada has been a tough one, we hoped to have more ball possession, but at least we had a good defence. The only flaw I recognise is that maybe we committed too many fouls, but in the end it went for the better because we really wanted to win. Now we just […]