05. August 2023  
Chengdu, CHN  
Artistic Gymnastics

Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games: Artistic Gymnastics

2x2 Chinese Gold!

The Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games, which - postponed due to a pandemic - opened now 2023 on 28 July in the Chinese metropolis of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, and will take place there until 8 August. After → Rhythmic Gymnastics the artistic gymnastic events started on Monday, August 01:
♦ After CHINA's double victory in the gymnastics team events, ZHANG Boheng also won the third gold for the hosts in the all-around with 86.733 points. Japan's leading Olympic champion Daiki HASHIMOTO after the qulifying crashed on pommel horse and surprisingly abandoned his final after the second apparatus and OU Yushan added the fourth gold medal in the women's event after a fellow Japanese competitor also dropped out
 CHINA in front of JAPAN and the Republic of KOREA was the medals ranking of the men's team decision, and the same ranking one day later in the women's team final.
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* After Beijing in 2001, Harbin in 2009 and Shenzhen in 2011, China is the host country for the fourth time - for the first time since the renaming (2020) of the Summer UNIVERSIADE as the "World University Games" (WUG).
The 2001 FISU Games in Chengdu (2023 are the dress rehearsal for the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games.
So Germany, as the next host country of the Games in 2025, will therefore present itself in Chengdu with its historically and numerically largest delegation ...:

* The gymnastics competitions started on Tuesday (August 01/02),
 the women's competitions will followed from August 03/04 August)

  ► S C H E D U L E

 

* IMPRESSIONS of the Opening Cermony on July 28::

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31st "World University Games" 2023     - Chengdu / China
       ♦♦  MEN's ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS    (August 01/02)

♦  Already in the first group of the 1st day of competition, two USA athletes, Frederick RICHARD (82.999) and Joshua KARNES (80.798), had placed themselves at the top of the all-around and, with their team (246.361), also clearly lead the country ranking in the men's event ahead of Turkey (241.894) and Spain (236.093) on Day 1.
European Champion Asil ADEM /TUR (81.698) and Spain's Nicolau MIR ROSELLO (80.931) came in between.

* TEAM FINAL -:
After the second day of the men's competition, C H I N A secured team gold with a 2-point lead over J A P A N, who had to settle for silver with Olympic champion Daiki HASHIMOTO as the best qualifier (88.698 !). This high-class duel gives an idea of the performance potentials that will meet in two months' time at the World Championships in Antwerp when the Olympic tickets are at stake ...!


Chinese men's winner team!

Bronze went to KOREA with a considerable gap (- 12.12.537 points!), who just managed to stay on the podium ahead of the USA, Kazakhstan and Taiwan. Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Spain followed in 7th - 10th place. The German squad came 12th behind Ukraine, followed by Austria.
♦  R E S U L T S:
  C H I N A  - 262,594
  J A P A N  - 260,562
  K O R E A - 247,827
         ► Detailed Results
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 Here you have the possibility via Video on demand (recording) to watch the two last subdivisions of the men's event from 02 August:

   ►  Subdivision 3, with winner team CHINA + KAZ, UZB, SUI & AUT
   ►  Subdiv. 4 - the decision with JAPAN & KOREA + KOR, TPE, ITA, AUS, GER

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* 04. August 2023
♦ EINZELMEHRKAMPF--: ... Japan and China dominate here as well.
* After the men's all-around preliminaries (see below), the men's all-around final is under the impression of the leading Japanese Olympic champion Daiki HASHIMOTO and the Chinese top gymnasts chasing him closely. However, after a weak start on the floor and a heavy fall during a handstand dismount on the horse, the favourite was eliminated from the competition, hitting his head against the apparatus base and then stopping his competition ...!
So Japan's hopes for victory were now on Kazuma KAYA, but China's former World Champion of 2021 and World Vice Champion of Liverpool (2022), ZHANG Boheng impressed so much with 5 consecutive best scores on floor, horse, rings, vault and parallel bars, that his victory could not be taken away even after a "safety routine" on high bar (12.900) ...!
With the most difficult routine (D=6.2) and the highest score of the day on high bar SHI Cong secured the Chinese double victory with 86.398 points and relegated Japan's Kazuma KAYA to bronze place with a clear margin (84.098).
The Swiss final duo was impressively led by Samir SERHANI, who after a weak vault performance but a strong high bar performance and in the end with 80.630 points still managed to stay among the top ten (10th), closely followed by compatriot Ian Michael RAUBAL, who also exceeded the 80's points mark: 12th =80.131!!!
Germany's youngster Alexander KUNZ from TSV Pfuhl did well, scoring 76.898 in the all-around and finishing 16th.
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♦     MEN's AA FINAL RESULTS
  ZHANG Boheng         (CHN) - 86,733
  SHI Cong                   (CHN) - 86,398
  KAYA Kazuma            (JPN) - 84,098
       4. RICHARD, Frederick (USA) - 83,764
       5. KARIMI Milad           (KAZ) - 83,630
       6. KARNES Joshua     (USA) - 82,664
          ► Detailed Results
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* 02-August
* All-around qualification -:
<< Japan's Olympic champion Daiki HASHIMOTO was the outstanding all-around gymnast in the qualification with 88.698 !! points, marking the top apparatus scores on horse (15.033) and high bar (15.266). In individual all-around was followed by the two Chinese gymnasts ZHANG Boheng (87.699) and SHI Cong (85.431) and Japanese compatriot Kazuma KAYA (84.998).
Ian Michael RAUBALL (SUI/ 14th =80.431), Alexander KUNZ (GER/ 18th / =79.598) and Samit SERHANI (SUI/ 21st =78.765) are  also qualified for the 18's all-around final. qualified as the three representatives of the German-speaking European nations.
►Men's Individual qualification results    ► MEN's All-around qualifiers
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* Apparatus Finals qualifiers :
   ►  Ind. qualification results by apparatus
- Floor:       1. Kaziki MINAMI                  (JPN) - (6.2) = 14,733
- Pommel: 1. Daiki HASHIMOTO          (JPN) - (6.3) =15,033
- Rings:     1. LAN Xingyu                     (CHN) - (6.4) = 15,300 .
- Vault:       1. Nazar CHEPURNYI (UKR) - (5.6/5.6) =14,699
- P.bars:    1. ZOU Jingyuan                (CHN) - (6.5) =15,866
- H.bar:     1. Daiki HASHIMOTO         (JPN) - (6.7) =15,266
              ► MEN's Apparatus Qualifiers

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♦ MEN's Event FINALS (05./06. August)

FLOOR EXERCISES
 1. KAYA Kazuma            (JPN) - (5.7) =14,333
2. KARIMI Milad              (KAZ) - (6.3) =14,300
3. RYU Sughyun             (KOR) - (6.3) =13,900
          ► Detailed Results

POMMEL HORSE
1. LEE Chih-kai               (TPE) - (6.5) =15,500
2. KURBANOV Nariman  (KAZ) - (6.3) =15,266
3. SHIAO Yu-jan              (TPE) - (6.1) =14,933
          ► DetailedResults

STILL RINGS
1. LAN Xinyu                (CHN) - (6.4) =15,366
2. ZOU Jingyuan          (CHN) - (6.3) =15,266
3. ASIL Adem              (TUR) - (6.3) =14,933
         ► Detailed Results

  V A U L T
1. CHEPURNYI Nazar  (UKR) - (5.6/5.6) = 14,833
2. TSENG Wei-Cheng  (TPE) - (5.6/5.2) =14,416
3. KARIMI Milad          (KAZ) - (5.6/5.2) =14,366
       ►  Detailed Resuls

  P A R A L L E L  B A R S
1. ZOU Jingyuan       (CHN) - (6.9) =16,066  (!!)
2. SUGIMOTO Kaito  (JPN) - (6.3) =14,900
3. KAYA Kazuma      (JPN) - (6.3) =14,833
           ►  Detailed Results
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  H I G H  B A R
1. KARIMI Milad        (KAZ) - (6.3) =14,800
2. SHI Cong              (CHN) - (6.3) =14,600
3. SUGIMOTO, Kaito (JPN) - (5.5) =14,233
             ►  Detailed Results

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31st "World University Games" 2023                 - Chengdu / China
   ♦♦  WOMEN's ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS  (03.+04. August)

♦  TEAM FINAL -- :
As in the men's competition: CHINA ahead of Japan
Already in the 1st round of the day, host C H I N A had clearly taken the lead in the women's event with 163.029 points. This remained the case until the end of the 3rd round, even against arch-rivals from J A P A N, who were still relatively close with 160.663 points, especially on vault and floor, leaving the Chinese behind and winning silver.  And just like in the men's competition, there was a big gap to the rest of the international competition: With a gap of more than 14 points, bronze went to SPAIN (146.431).
Behind two other Asian teams with Taipeh and Korea, Germany took fifth place (142.697), ahead of Finland and Slovenia, although only these eight complete teams competed in the team competition.
 ♦  R E S U L T S
  C H I N A       - 163,029
  J A P A N       - 160,663
  S P A I N       - 146,431
   > Detailed Results
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* 04-August-2023
♦ WOMEN's ALL-AROUND FINAL --: Strong hosts here as well ...
* The women's all-around final was expected to have a strong presence of the host Chinese gymnasts based on the preliminaries. Japan's Shoko MIYATA had started with the highest score of 13.900 on vault - the weaker apparatus of the Chinese - but they countered with the highest score of 13.933 on uneven bars by LUO, Huan and the best gymnast in the preliminaries, OU Yushan, and went one better with a beam top score of 14.166 points and took the lead over their compatriot LUO Huan before the last apparatus. As in the preliminaries, the two Japanese gymnasts Ayaka SAKAGUCHI and Shiko MIYATA were close behind, but already with a one-point gap before the last apparatus. MIYATA did not compete on the last apparatus (floor) due to injury and dropped out of the ranking, but the two Spanish gymnasts Lorena MEDINA COBOS and Maia LLACER SIRERA came in fourth and fifth ...
Austria's national champion Bianka FRYSAK was still fighting for the status "top ten" on rank 9 before the last apparatus (vault), but actually finished on rank 10 with 48.199, still ahead of the best German: Aiyu ZHU from Cologne had her best apparatus on floor (11.700) and finished eleventh with 48.032 points as the best of the two German finalists.

♦     R E S U L T S
  OU Yushan                (CHN) - 54,498
  LUO Huan                 (CHN) - 53,765
  SAKAGUCHI, Ayaka  (JPN) - 53,165
       4. MEDINA COBOS,  Lorena (ESP) - 49,765
       5. LLACER SIRERA Maia     (ESP) - 49,565
       6. VOLLEMAN Tisha            (NED) - 49,466
          ► DetailED ResultS

*03-August-2023
♦ In the individual qualification China's OU Yushan was already convincing from the beginning with a proud 55.198 points and also the top places were exclusively occupied by representatives of the two top nations: Japan's Shoko MIYATA in second place (54.600), her compatriot Ayaka SAKAGUCHI (54.198) in third place and LUO Huan from China (53.766) in fourth place ahead of Japan's Chiaki HATAKEDA (50.932) in fifth place. Spain's Maia LLACER SIRERA was the best European with 50.699 points, followed by the two individual competitors Tisha VOLLEMAN (NED/ 50.599) and the Austrian national champion Bianca FRYSAK in 8th place, who at least "scratched" the 50-point mark with 49.865 points. The latter was also happy about her entry into the final on beam and is "in reserve as R1" on floor!
►Individual All-around   ► All-around Qualifiers

♦ Apparatus qualifications & -Finalists --:
  ► V a u l t   ...  was dominated by Japan's Shoko Miyata (5.0/4.8 =13.866 and Ayaka Sakaguchi (5.0/4.4 =13.683.
  ► On Uneven bars ... China's DU Siyu (6.2) =14.366 and LUO Huan (6.1) =14.200 secured the top spot, followed by Germany's runner-up, 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Sophie Scheder, however with a substantial gap in the difficulty range (5.4) =13.733, but definitely with a chance of bronze!!!
  ► B a l a n c e  b e a m ... was best dominated by China's OU Yushan (6.0) =14.200 and Japan's Shoko MIYATA (5.7) =13.800 and the second Chinese LUO Huyn (5.7) =13.700.
  ► On the F l o o r  ... the two leading nations China and Japan will certainly decide the medals between themselves, as both countries are clearly in the lead with both finalists.
   ►► Apparatus Finalists (Overview)

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→  Follow the apparatus finals on Saturday / Sunday
     ► via LIVE SCORING
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* We summarise the day's events in overviews after the competition ends!
 - the editors
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♦ WOMEN's Event FINALS  (5./6. August)

VAULT / SPRUNG
1. MYATA Shoko               (JPN) - (5.0/4.8) =13,800
2. SAKAGUCHI Ayaka       (JPN) - (5.0/4.4) =13,433
3. PONIZILOVA Dominika (CZE) - (4.4/3.8) =12,866
            ► Detailed Results

UNEVEN BARS / STUFENBARREN 
1. DU Siyu                          (CHN) - (5.8) =13,833
2. SCHEDER Sophie           (GER) - (5.3) =13,433
3. LUO Huan                       (CHN) - (6.0) =13,000
          ► Detailed Results

  B A L A N C E  B E A M / BALKEN
1. OU Yushan             (CHN) - (6.2) =14,366
2. LUO Huan              (CHN) - (5.9) =13,966 
3.SAKAGUCHI Ayaka  (JPN) - 5.6) =13,466
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     5. FRYSAK Bianka       (AUT) - (4.4) =12,400
       ► Detailed Results
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 F L O O R  E X E R C I S E S / BODEN
1. OU Yushan               (CHN) - 5.8) =13,866
2. SAKAGUCHI Ayaka  (JPN) - (5.2) =13,333
3.MIYATA Shoko           (JPN) - (5.3) =13,333
       ► Detailed Results

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** ... look also to  ►  WUG 2023 -Rhythmic Gymnastics
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... here are some flashbacks to earlier UNIVERSIADES
    or student world championships ...::.

► 2019 - UNIVERSIADE in Neapel / ITA  
   - 2019 - UNIVERSIADE (Rhythm. Gymnastics)

► 2017 - UNIVERSIADE in Taipei /TPE (Rhythm. Gymnastics)
► 2013 - UNIVERSIADE in Kasan / RUS
► 2011 - UNIVERSIADE in Shenzhen / CHN (- artistic)
     -  2011 - UNIVERSIADE Shenzhen / CHN     (- with RG)
► 2005 - UNIVERSIADE in Izmir / TUR
► 2003 - 27. UNIVERSIADE Daegu / KOR

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