Ukraine Biggest Winner In Universiade Event Finals

Ukraine grabbed four gold medals in Sunday's event finals at the World University Games in Bangkok.

Olga Scherbatykh, the all-around silver medalist, placed first on vault and eighth on two other events. Teammate Daria Zgoba won uneven bars over all-around champion Zhou Zhuoru of China, who also won the silver medal on balance beam.

Fan Ye, the 2005 Games all-around champion and 2007 all-around bronze medalist, finished first on balance beam and second on floor exercise. Russia's Alyona Polyan won floor exercise.

In the men's finals, Ukraine also won two titles. Alexander Vorobyov placed first on rings, and Andrei Isayev placed first on vault.

The Japanese men were the most successful, however, with three gold medals. All-around champion Hisashi Mizutori won on high bar and placed second on floor exercise, the latter event which was won by his teammate Kohei Uchimura.

All-around silver medalist Guo Weiyang (China) tied Japan's Kazuya Ueda for the gold medal on parallel bars.

Slovenia's Saso Bertoncelj won on pommel horse, with the largest margin of victory in the men's or women's final.

2007 World University Games
Bangkok, Thailand, August 12

Women's Vault
1. Olga Scherbatykh UKR 14.700
2. Deng Ying CHN 14.362
3. Leysira Gabdrakhmanova RUS 14.287
4. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 14.050
5. Manami Ishizaka JPN 13.937
6. Marina Kostyuchenko UKR 13.875
7. Fieke Willems NED 13.725
8. Florica Leonida ROM 13.600

Uneven Bars
1. Daria Zgoba UKR 15.750
2. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 15.550
3. Fan Ye CHN 14.650
4. Alyona Zmeu RUS 14.500
5. Erika Mizoguchi JPN 14.275
6. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 14.025
7. Kana Yamawaki JPN 13.500
8. Olga Scherbatykh UKR 13.175

Balance Beam
1. Fan Ye CHN 15.150
2. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 14.575
3. Florica Leonida ROM 14.450
4. Manami Ishizaka JPN 14.250
5. Daria Zgoba UKR 14.125
6. Alyona Polyan RUS 13.925
7. Alyona Zmeu RUS 13.825
8. Olga Scherbatykh UKR 13.700

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Alyona Polyan RUS 14.900
2. Fan Ye CHN 14.875
3. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 14.800
4. Daria Zgoba UKR 14.575
5. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 14.525
6. Tina Erceg CRO 14.350
7. Florida Leonida ROM 14.325
8. Alina kozich UKR 13.550

Men's Floor Exercise
1. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.600
2. Hisashi Mizutori JPN 15.475
3. Dmitry Barkalov RUS 15.100
4. Lu Bo CHN 15.050
5. Jorge Tallon ESP 14.950
6. Luis Araujo POR 14.775
7. Andrei Isayev UKR 14.300
8. Stephen Jehu GBR 13.375

Pommel Horse
1. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 15.250
2. Vid Hidvegi HUN 14.625
3. Derek Helsby USA 14.575
4t. Joon Lee KOR 14.525
4t. Alexei Ignatovich BLR 14.525
4t. Dmitry Barkalov RUS 14.525
7. Levente Fekete HUN 14.425
8. Robert Payne GBR 12.775

Still Rings
1. Alexander Vorobyov UKR 16.200
2. Marcell Hetrovics HUN 15.700
3. Jun Woong Go KOR 15.575
4. Andrei Isayev UKR 15.400
5t. Levente Fekete HUN 15.200
5t. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 15.200
5. Krzysztof Muchorski POL 15.200
8. Kazuya Ueda JPN 15.100

Men's Vault
1. Andrei Isayev UKR 16.187
2. Luis Araujo POR 15.787
3. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.737
4. Anton Lobachyov RUS 15.687
5. Anton Novosolov UKR 15.537
6. Istvan Szalontai HUN 15.400
7. Mohammed Srour EGY 15.362
8. Jin Sung Choi KOR 14.725

Parallel Bars
1t. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.925
1t. Kazuya Ueda JPN 15.925
3. Cosmin Popescu ROM 15.525
4. Lu Bo CHN 15.400
5. Adam Kierzkowski POL 15.350
6. Kamil Hulboj POL 15.250
7. Hisashi Mizutori JPN 14.575
8. Joon Lee KOR 14.500

High Bar
1. Hisashi Mizutori JPN 15.950
2. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.825
3. Timur Kuzmin RUS 15.525
4. Kazutiho Tanaka JPN 15.500
5. Tong Yingjie CHN 14.900
6. Marcell Hetrovics HUN 14.650
7. Adam Cox GBR 14.575
8. Umit Samiloglu TUR 13.525

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