Meet Duke Kunshan Varsity Teams
DKU’s Badminton, Table Tennis, Basketball and Football Varsity Teams have finished their tryouts in the first week of the new semester. More than 100 student-athletes participated in the tryouts and 77 of them made the teams!
DKU Athletics adds exciting new PE courses to the curriculum
Skiing, Snowboarding Sailing, Scuba, and Surfing are now officially PE classes at DKU!
Research sheds light on impact of flat feet on athletic performance
Sport science research conducted by a Duke Kunshan faculty member, with colleagues in the United States, into the impact of flat feet on athletic performance has produced surprising results.
2022 DKU Scholar-Athlete Leadership Award
On May 1 2022, Department of Athletics presented 12 senior student-athletes with the very first Scholar-Athlete Leadership Award, in recognition of their contributions to the promotion of Athletics’ program values in the past four year.
Game changer: Looking ahead to DKU’s new Sports Complex
A key ingredient in Duke Kunshan’s phase two campus expansion, the DKU Sports Complex includes a wide range of courts, recreation spaces, gyms and studios, plus a high-tech VR area for immersive fitness training.
“Maximum efficiency, Minimum effort”
Rolling, crawling, falling, throwing…that’s how a number of student would describe this new class offered in DKU – Judo. However, once you get a hold of the basic techniques and step up to the real battle field, you will realize that Judo is not a fight about strength.
The Player
How would you like to be treated on court?
Yanfei Mao, a senior student majoring in global health, and most importantly, the first captain of DKU women’s basketball team answers this question, “I don’t want to be regarded as a female player. I only want to be a player. When I am standing on the basketball court, I am simply a player, a player who is ready to conquer all the combat, conflicts, and even the possible danger.” Yanfei fell in love with
Freshman covers 165.82 km to win DKU running challenge
First-year student Jing Wang has been crowned champion of DKU Athletics’ 28-Day Running Challenge after clocking up a total of 165.82 kilometres from October 1 to 29.
Gillis wins double gold in Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition
Remington Gillis, senior student and a member of Duke Kunshan’s Mixed Martial Arts Club, has won two golds in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament in the United States.
Running into the year of Tiger
Have you started moving after your feast over Lunar New Year break? What’s your fitness resolution for the year of tiger? 15 DKUers have joined the first 5K Park Run on campus this semester on February 12th, some came to exercise and make new friends while others were here to push their limits. Beilong Tang’25 […]
