SXU students shine at national student sports games
China DailyShanxi University sends 40 people to participate in swimming, track and field, and basketball competitions in the 14th National Student Sports Games. Shanxi University's students performed well in the 14th National Student Sports Games, which were held in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, from July 3 to 17. The university's swimming team took fifth place in the men's group A 100-meter breaststroke, second place in the women's group B 200-meter backstroke, and fifth place in the women's group A 200-meter butterfly stroke. Jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Education, General Administration of Sport of China, and Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the games consisted of 10 major events and two sub-events, and were participated in by 14,000 athletes, coaches, and referees from 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, as well as the Macao Special Administrative Region.