2011World University Games
The 26th World University Games, also named as the Little Olympic Games, will be hold in Shenzhen on August 23,2011.
The emblem '' the happy U '' which has no fixed meaning is very open in that people can imagine it varyingly. And it has evolved into a smiling face to be the mascot. Besides, the slogan of the game is ''Start here'' whereas the slogan of the volunteers' watchword is '' I'm here ''.
After its first being held in Italy in 1959,the World University Games has being developed rapidly.The first game for there to be only 45 participating countries.Then till the 18th World University Game which was organized in Japan in 1995 there were vast number of athletes from 162 countries competed in the game. Today, Shenzhen will set 24 contests to welcome the athletes from the whole world and we do hope the World University Game will be held successfully.
