Chengdu Universiade medal design unveiled with 100 days to go

The medals feature the "Sun and Immortal Birds" with geometric feathers, echoing the emblem of the Chengdu Universiade. The immortal bird ready for flight signifies flying to the future and dreams, which is corresponded to the slogan "Chengdu Makes Dreams Come True".

The medals with unique pictorial elements and symbols relating to Chengdu from the ancient to modern manifest China's 5,000-year-old civilization, expressing Chengdu's confidence in hosting the Games as well as the good wish to university student-athletes, according to the designer.