UQ athletes Michael Mercieca, Ellen Wright, Jake Duffy and Gemma Cooney.
Eleven University of Queensland students - including four UQ Sports Achievement Scholarship recipients - will represent Australia's Uniroos at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan. The event, known as World University Games, will be held from 19-30 August and attended by more than 7600 university students from 131 nations. More than 150 Australian student-athletes will compete at the Games, with UQ to be represented in athletics, gymnastics, judo, swimming, and table tennis. Artistic gymnast and scholarship holder Michael Mercieca will participate in his third World University Games, contesting individual and team events. Mr Mercieca said the competition will be vital in the lead-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. "The main goal in Taipei for Australia is to test our team in preparation for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, so it is important to see what configurations work best and where our team is lacking strength," Mr Mercieca said. "My personal goal is to make the all-around final at the Universiade." Six UQ athletes - Liam O'Brien and William White (javelin), Jessica Pickles (20km walk), Liam Adcock (long jump), Simon Greig (4x100m relay), and Daniel Mowen (4x400m relay) - will represent the Uniroos in athletics.
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