22nd Universiad Opens
KCNA
Taegu, August 21 (KCNA-Correspondent) -- The 22nd Universiad opened in Taegu, south Korea, on August 21.
Present at the opening ceremony were President Ro Mu Hyon and political and public figures of south Korea, leading members of the International University Sports Federation and heads of delegations of different countries and regions including Jon Kuk Man, head of the delegation of the Student Sports Association of the DPRK.
Also present were cheer groups of the DPRK and the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, south Koreans and foreign guests.
Players groups of different countries and regions entered the place of the opening ceremony.
When the players of the north and the south of Korea came in hand in hand with a grand Korean peninsula flag in the van amid the playing of song "Arirang", enthusiastic cheers burst out.
Jo Hae Nyong, chairman of the organizing committee of the 22nd Universiad, made a welcoming address which was followed by an opening speech by George E. Killiaan, president of the International University Sports Federation.
The 22nd Universiad was declared open and the flag of the federation was hoisted amid the playing of the federation song.
A ceremony of kindling the flame of the Universiad took place.
The universiad will close on August 31.
