16. August 2011  
Shenzhen, China  
Artistic Gymnastics

26th UNIVERSIADE: Artistic Gymnastics Events

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 ...

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Teams Competitions

* Monday, August 15
Women's all-around final
1. XIAO, Kangjun                 (CHN)  - 56,700
2. YAMAGISHI, Mai   (JPN)  - 56,100
3. POLYAN, Alena           (RUS)  - 55,350
   > Detailed Results

Men's All-around Final:
1. KUKSENKOV, Mykola  (UKR)  - 89,050
2. YAMAMOTO, Shoichi  (JPN)  - 88,900
3. GAFUIK, Nathan  (CAN)  - 88,350
  > Detailed Results

Apparatus Finals

APP. FINALS - Women

* V A U L T
1. JO, Hyunjoo                 (KOR)  - 14,087
2. MYZDRIKOVA, Anna (RUS)  -  13,800
3. POLYAN, Alena           (RUS)  - 13,650
    > V a u l t

* UNEVEN Bars
1. MINOBE, Yu         (JPN)  - 14,475
2. YAMAGISHI, Mai  (JPN)  - 14,250
3. KYSLA, Angelina (UKR)  - 13,850
    > Uneven bars

* BALANCE Beam
1. MINOBE, Yu           (JPN)  - 14,475
2. GUAN, Wenli         (CHN)  - 14,000
3. YAMAGISHI, Mai   (JPN)  - 13,825
     > Balance beam

* FLOOR Exercises
1. POLYAN, Alena  (RUS)  - 14,325
2. MUKUMOTO,       (JPN)  - 13,725
3. XIAO, Kangjun    (CHN)  - 13,475
    > Floor exerc.