As the world turns its attention to Rio and the 2016 Olympics from tonight’s Opening Ceremony, SUSSED is preparing to bring you regular coverage and features of University of Southampton involvement in the Games over the coming weeks.
We’ll preview our graduate and student medal hopes in this year’s sailing competition and provide research insights and expert comment from our academics as the Games progress to their conclusion on 21 August.
We’ll also look back at our alumni Olympians over the years and celebrate the Southampton medal-winners of 2016.
We start with our focus on current student Lily Xu from this month’s edition of Southampton Connects Staff. Lily won the gold medal for China in the Women’s Laser sailing competition at London 2012 and is back for more in Rio!