The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter

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took place in

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games.

Selection

Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host city

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. They were the only two candidates.

Venues

Harbin now has four stadiums for international ice games and five training stadiums. Among the venues, the following are mentioned in the official web site: * Yabuli Olympic Snow Sports Center (about 100 km from Harbin) * Heilongjiang University * Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center (Both

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and gymnasium) These venues were used for the

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and were part of Harbin's unsuccessful application for the

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. There will be two athlete's villages, the main one in Harbin and the second one in Yabuli.

Sports

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Medal table

References

External links

Official web site of Harbin 2009

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