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Japan win men's team competition, Universiade, China second

Full results (including individual scores) for this afternoon's team competition are available here.

Japan have so far won both gold medals available in the gymnastics hall!

1   Japan     269.2
2   China     265.65
3   Romania 264.65
4   Canada   261.75
5   Ukraine  261.3
6th were France, 7th Korea, Russia a rather distant 8th following an absolute disaster on pommel horse, where their team total ranked 15th in the competition.

The Japanese founded their win on a good consistent showing across apparatus, topped off by superior showings on floor and rings.  The Chinese men were outstanding on parallel bars and high bar, but couldn't maintain that standard elsewhere despite strong support from the home crowd. 

The top five individuals are :

1    S Yamamoto    90.15
2    N Gafuik          89.6
3    R Sejima          88.85
4    Liu R               88.85
5    J Gomez Fuertes   88.05


followed by Ukraine's Mikola Kuksenkov (87.25), then Russia's Pavel Russinyak in 7th with 86.95, a score matched by Korea's Lee H.

I will publish a link to event final qualifications as soon as the details become available.

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