Ulympics – UEB’s Olympic Sports – took place at the Cau Giay Gymnasium - 135 Tran Quy Kien with the highest achievement finally belonged to the Faculty of International Business and Economics on March 24th, 2019.
After
3 weeks of rehearsal and preparation, on last Sunday, the groups of athletes departed
to Cau Giay Gymnasium with a burning enthusiasm to win the Ulympics season 3.
Immediately after being present at the Olympics, the athletes warmed up the
hall with an impressive opening
performance along with the first two competitions, namely tug-of-war and relay
race. The opening for Ulympics 2019 is a tug-of-war between Faculty of Finance
and Banking and Faculty of Development Economics. With a 2 - 3 victory, the Faculty
of Development Economics won the right to the next round. Next is the victory
of the Faculty of International Business and Economics against Team Troy
University.
Qualifying
rounds of Badminton, Table Tennis, Shuttlecock and Chess respectively took
place in different areas of Cau Giay Gymnasium. Cheers from fans, sounds of
victory and even regretful sighs made the atmosphere of Ulympics increasingly
pushed up. In particular, as when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war,
the encounter between Hoang Viet from the Team Troy and Van Nhien from the Faculty
of International Business and Economics along with the nearly triumphant
victory of Hoang Viet made the whole competition much more severe.
After
the morning competition, the names entering the semi-finals of the disciplines
were decided. The battles were more intense and attractive than ever in the
afternoon. Different from the excitement of other competitions, chess players scrambled
each chess move and pawn in a stressful atmosphere but attractive. Finally, Dao
Ba Dang of Team Troy and Tran Dinh Dinh of School of Business Administration won
the tickets to the chess finals.
In
badminton competition, despite first joining the Ulympics, couple Ha Giang - Anh
Duc knocked out all heavyweight opponents including the former 2018 Ulympics
champion to bring the men's and women's singles badminton category championship
to the School of Business Administration. Athletes from the Faculty of
Development Economics and other pair from the School of Business Administration
ranked second and third respectively.
Tug
of war, table tennis, shuttlecock and chess find out their own champion in
turn. With the highest final result, the Faculty of International Business and
Economics Team won the first prize for the first time in 3 years. School of Business
Administration Team - the former Ulympics champion of the 2017 and Faculty of Development
Economics Team got the second and the third prize respectively.
No
matter who wins, which groups the gold cup belongs to, all UEB students had a
great day with lots of feelings. In particular, many alumni had attended and encourages
their faculties. More than an Olympic Sports, Ulympics has become a tradition
and a bridge to bring students closer together.
Furthermore,
Ulympics is not only a place for UEB students to enable their youth and
dynamism but also a chance to unlock their true inner power, as the slogan - Ulympics
2019: Awake UEB's power.
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