| SHENZHEN, China (CIS) -- The 26th Summer Universiade is now officially underway, as a capacity crowd of just over 25000 spectators was on hand Friday night at the breathtaking Shenzhen Bay Sports Center for the opening ceremonies. Swimmer Mackenzie Downing, a native of Whitehorse, Yukon, led the Canadian delegation into the open-air arena through the "The Gate of the World", a humongous LAD wall towards the "Youth Boulevard", and then onto the field level. Canada is one of 152 countries participating at the second largest multi-sport games in the world, which features over 12000 athletes and officials. |
