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Monash students selected for World University Games

27 July 2005

Three Monash students have been selected to compete at the World University Games in Turkey next month.

The sky is the limit: Monash students Ms Caroline Marton (left) and Mr Louie Trajkoski prepare for the World University Games.

Ms Caroline Marton, Mr Louie Trajkoski and Mr Adam Underwood have been selected for the Australian taekwondo team and will travel to Izmir -- a busy Turkish tourist city -- to compete.

They were chosen as part of the team of four men and six women based on their competition results over the past 12 months.

Ranked number one in Australia, Ms Marton will be one of 158 women to take part in the taekwondo competition. It will be her first World University Games.

"It hasn't really dawned on me that I'm going yet, but it's slowly sinking in," Ms Marton, a Bachelor of Communications student, said.

"I'm keen to find out who I'll be competing against, but I won't know until I get to Turkey."

Mr Trajkoski, who is undertaking a Diploma in Legal Practice, and Mr Underwood, who is completing a Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Communication, are both in the Australian top three.

Mr Trajkoski said the strongest male competitors were likely to be from Korea, Iran and Turkey.

"I lost in round one to the Korean middleweight at my first World University Games, so I'm hoping I'll get a better draw this time around," he said.

Competitors are divided into categories according to their weight, with all fights for each category held on the same day.

This means the Monash students could face up to five challengers in one day. A win is needed in each fight to progress to the next stage and ultimately be declared champion.

The games run from 11 to 21 August, with more than 7000 students from 300 countries expected to attend.