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All-around World champions of Students: Kuksenkov (UKR), Xiao (CHN)
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The Japanese women jumped from behind to take the gold medal Saturday at the 2011 26th University Games in Shenzhen, China. The Japanese squad of Yuma Imanishi, Yu Minobe, Keiko Mukumoto, Kyoko Oshima and Mai Yamagishi outscored Ukraine, 165.200-164.600. Russia won the bronze (162.150), while defending champion China fielded two individual gymnasts only.
One of them - XIAO, Kangjun - won the all-around final.
On Sunday the Japanese men joined their female compatriots as team champions, outscored the host Chinese, 269.200 to 265.650.
Romania won the bronze, 1 point behind China, and best of all-around final was the European bronze medalist of Berlin, the Ukrainian Mykola KUKSENKOV ...
* Women's Team Competition ____________________________
* Saturday, Aug 13:
1. JAPAN - 165,200
2. UKRAINE - 164,600
3. RUSSIA - 162,150 4. KOREA - 158,100
5. SLOVENIA - 153,350
6. CHINESE TAIPEH - 131,800
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Detailed Results * Sunday, Aug 14:
* Men's Teams Competition 1. JAPAN - 269,200
2. CHINA - 265,650
3. ROMANIA - 264,650 4. CANADA - 261,750
5. UKRAINE - 261,300
6. FRANCE - 260,950
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Detailed Results European floor exercise champion Flavius Koczi vaulted to 16.550, the highest mark of the day.
2008 Olympian Nathan Gafuik led Canada to fourth place, and qualified second to Monday's all-around final with 89.600.