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UNIVERSIADE: Around 40 percent of tickets sold so far

2017-08-16
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Taipei, Aug. 15 (CNA) About 40 percent of the more than 700,000 tickets to events at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei have so far been sold, the organizing committee said Tuesday.

Badminton, weightlifting, fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, roller sports and diving are among the most popular sports and are either sold out or almost sold out, You Shih-ming, deputy CEO of the committee, said after a press conference to announce the opening of the Universiade media center.

You said some events, such as badminton and weightlifting had good ticket sales because of the participating athletes. For example, Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying -- the world's top-ranked women's badminton player - will compete, while Taiwanese weightlifter and double Olympic gold medalist Hsu Shu-ching is in the weightlifting competition, he noted.

Meanwhile, all tickets to the Aug. 19 opening ceremony and the Aug. 30 closing ceremony have been sold out, he said.

In comparison, only 15 percent and 19 percent of tickets for golf and wushu have been sold, respectively.

In response, Su Li-chiung, CEO of the committee, said "many competition events take time to heat up," and expressed optimism about ticket sales for other events.

As for team sports, Huang Lo-ning, another organizing committee official, said 60,877 tickets, or 33 percent of the tickets for basketball; 38,171 tickets, or 35 percent for baseball; and 37,575 tickets, or 72 percent for volleyball, have so far been sold.

About 140 countries have registered to compete in the Taipei Universiade, but the committee may not be able to confirm the actual number of participating countries until Aug. 25 - a week into the games - because each country competes in different categories and some may arrive later than others, Su said.

When asked if the Ugandan team will still attend the Universiade, Su said "so far they have not given us a definite answer, but internally, they are likely to make a decision soon."

Su's comments came after media reports that the Ugandan government has ordered its athletes not to attend because of Uganda's one-China policy. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier on Tuesday that Ugandan athletes are still in discussion with their government about attending the games.

The organizers of the Universiade have yet to release the complete list of athletes participating, but Japanese swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist Kosuke Hagino and American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Ryan Held are among the athletes who will compete. 

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