{"id":5097,"date":"2025-07-18T09:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unisport.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=5097"},"modified":"2025-07-18T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:58:22","slug":"uniroos-ready-for-fisu-summer-world-university-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/uniroos-ready-for-fisu-summer-world-university-games\/","title":{"rendered":"UniRoos Ready for FISU Summer World University Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UniRoos-Germany-Flag-Bearer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UniRoos-Germany-Flag-Bearer.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UniRoos-Germany-Flag-Bearer-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-xs8f3367\">Australia\u2019s UniRoos&nbsp;are ready to make their mark on the international stage as the&nbsp;2025&nbsp;FISU Summer World University Games officially get underway in Germany, with the student-athletes excited to represent&nbsp;Australia across a wide range of sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-1bitx369\">Leading the team into the opening ceremony is Arnav Raja, who has been named as Australia\u2019s flag bearer. Arnav, a sabreur in the fencing team, embodies the spirit of dedication that defines the UniRoos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-f3tz1371\">Currently in his third year studying a Bachelor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego, Arnav is a dual-program athlete, competing through both his university and the Fencing Australia pathway. Ranked inside the world\u2019s top 100 (95<sup>th<\/sup>), Arnav recently achieved a 14<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;placed&nbsp;finish at the 2025 Asian Championships and will head straight from Germany to the World Fencing Championships in Georgia, capping off a demanding and high-level international campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-y0b93377\">No stranger to the World University Games, Arnav also competed in Chengdu 2023, where he placed second in his pool and secured a final ranking of 27th. This is the final year Arnav is eligible to compete in the World University Games, so he&nbsp;has made this competition a personal priority, and his commitment to representing&nbsp;Australia is unmatched.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-dyest5662\">Follow the UniRoos journey&nbsp;across our media channels and get regular updates on our social media channels (@uniroos_au), on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unisport.com.au\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unisport.com.au<\/a> website and live and free on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fisu.tv\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FISU.tv<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-fdjm6387\">The UniRoos will compete across multiple disciplines during the Games. Australia is proudly represented in the following sports:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Athletics\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Badminton\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diving\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fencing\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rowing\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swimming\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Table Tennis\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taekwondo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tennis&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archery&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beach Volleyball&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artistic Gymnastics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rhythmic Gymnastics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taekwondo (Kyorugi&nbsp;&amp; Poomsae)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volleyball&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water Polo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-xjp0d438\">We would like to wish all our student-athletes the best of luck in Germany. The entire country is behind you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s UniRoos&nbsp;are ready to make their mark on the international &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":86,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"unis_sport_category":[116],"unis_league_category":[],"unis_university_category":[],"class_list":["post-5097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uniroos","unis_sport_category-fencing"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5097"},{"taxonomy":"unis_sport_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_sport_category?post=5097"},{"taxonomy":"unis_league_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_league_category?post=5097"},{"taxonomy":"unis_university_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_university_category?post=5097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}