GWANGJU Adidas Superstar W Nere Bianche Saldi , South Korea, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The 12-day 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade concluded here on Tuesday and was praised as "a big, big success".
At the final press briefing, Claude-Louis Gallien, president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), said that all the athletes and coaches were "very happy" to have taken part in the Universiade here in Gwangju Adidas Superstar 2 Bling Bianche Argento Saldi , some 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul.
"It's not a miracle, it's a big, big success," Gallien said. "It's the fruit of a lot of work during the games from 30,000 people on the organizing committee staff and 20,000 volunteers. They were extremely important."
Gallien also said that the quality of play and venues was "considered by everyone very high."
"In some individual and team sports Adidas Superstar 2 Nere Metallic Oro Saldi , the quality was at the world level," he said. "There has been nothing but good games from the sports' point of view."
Gallien mentioned the men's basketball final between the United States and Germany which the U.S. team won 84-77 after two overtimes, and archery competitions and the men's 100m sprint in which South African runner Akani Simbine clocked 9.97 seconds for the title.
"This wasn't just a big, huge universiade. It was felt by all the participants as a friendly universaide. It has been organized for them to feel the university sports spirit," Gallien said.
A record of 12,885 athletes and officials from 143 countries and regions took part in the 21-sport Adidas Superstar 2 Bianche Oro Saldi , 272-event Universiade. Altogether 27 universiade records were broken during the 12 competitions days.
After Hungary's win in the men's water polo final on Tuesday, the medal table is finalized with host South Korea on the top with 47 gold, 32 silver and 29 bronze medals. The hosts of the last two Universiade Russia and China finished second and third respectively. Russia stands with 34-39-49 while China is at 34-22-16.
Gallien highlighted the efforts by Gwangju to keep costs to a minimum while still achieving high efficiency. Of the 69 venues used at the Universiade, only four were newly built and the rest were refurbished.
The closing ceremony will be held on Tuesday evening.
CONAKRY, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Guinea's authorities in charge of eradication of Ebola epidemic are putting final touches on an interim plan to end the disease by April 15, 2015 Adidas Superstar LGBT Pride Pack Core Nere Saldi , an official source has said.
This is after the initial plan dubbed "Zero Ebola in 60 days," that elapsed on March 10, 2015 failed to yield the desired results.
Fode Tass Sylla, head of communication for the national body charged with fighting Ebola said Sunday the interim plan aims to reinforce the intervention teams in Conakry and neighboring prefectures such as Coyah, Dubreka, Boffa Adidas Superstar Pride Pack Bianche Saldi , Kindia and Forecariah.
He acknowledged that targets set by the national team coordinating the fight against Ebola with its partners such as the World Health Organization and Doctors Without Borders, through the "Zero Ebola in 60 days," had not been met.
One of the reasons given for this "failure" was the resistance and misinformation in some localities, especially in Basse Guinea, in the capital and Dubreka, Boffa Adidas Superstar 2 Lace Nere Saldi , Kindia as well as Forecariah prefectures.
In the mentioned localities, the program to monitor those who had contact with Ebola patients was not successful, and the population has continued to transport infected bodies and carry out unsafe burials of the same, Sylla said.
The national anti-Ebola team therefore plans to carry out the interim plan to eradicate Ebola by using a campaign dubbed "Ebola, that's Enough."
At the same time, the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) last week met with representatives of Guinean political parties to urge them not to "politicize" the issue of the disease in order for the country to end its worst health crisis.
In a statement issued after Thursday's meeting in Conakry Donne Adidas Superstar Blu Bianche Saldi , UNMEER said "political parties, both on the government and the opposition sides, agreed on the need for a national meeting to discuss the threat posed by Ebola virus."
The meeting was also attended by religious leaders, herbalists, elders from regions affected by resistance as well as youth and women groups.
In Guinea, Ebola epidemic has killed 1 Adidas Superstar 2 Bianche Rosse Saldi ,811 people out of 2,936 confirmed cases since the outbreak of the disease.
Kobe Bryant made the biggest stop of his farewell tour on Sunday as he played the last NBA All-Star Game of a remarkable career in which he established himself as arguably the best player of his generation.
Bryant, who said all week he did not want his fellow players to go easy on him in his final All-Star Game, was a shadow of the player who dominated the NBA's midseason showcase many times -before, but was still the man of the hour.
Prior to the game's opening tip, NBA great Magic Johnson lauded the 37-year-old in between a pair of tribute videos featuring some career highlights interspersed with messages of thanks from a handful of fellow NBA players.
Bryant announced in November that this would be his final season and was made the leading vote-getter for his 18th and final All-Star appearance by fans.
"I just want to thank you guys for all of your support for all these years Adidas Superstar Slip On Trainer Bianche Saldi ," -Bryant told the Toronto crowd and a global television audience.
"I've been extremely fortunate to be able to play the game that I love and be in the NBA for more than half my life.
"It's a thrill to be here in this All-Star Game so thank you for voting me in. I get a chance to be around these young players here, who when I first started playing most of them were my kids' age now.
"It feels so good to be able to speak to them about the game and to be able to share some of the knowledge that I have learned throughout my career to them so that they can carry on the tradition of the NBA and hopefully play 20 years themselves."