Universiade Day 2
2011-08-15
Fabio Terrone
Tang sets new 100 free Games record at the 26th Universiade in Shenzhen. New Zealand is on top of the medal tally

SHENZHEN - Leading results at the 2011 Universiade on Monday.

China’s Tang Yi set a new women’s 100 metres freestyle Games record winning gold in 54.24 (previous mark: 54.35, Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson, HKG, Belgrade 2009).

WOMEN

400 FREESTYLE
1. Lauren Boyle NZL 4:07.78
2. Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid ESP 4:07.97
3. Stephanie Peacock USA 4:10.25

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Izumi Kato JPN 2:13.52
2. Hye Ra Choi KOR 2:14.17
3. Jing Liu CHN 2:14.39

100 FREESTYLE
1. Yi Tang CHN 54.24 GR
2. Darya Stepanyuk UKR 55.32
3. Megan Romano USA 55.38

MEN

50 BUTTERFLY
1. Timothy Phillips USA 23.51
2. Paolo Facchinelli ITA 23.85
3. Masayuki Kishida JPN 23.93

800 FREESTYLE
1. Michael Klueh USA 7:52.31
2. Rocco Potenza ITA 7:53.45
3. Yohsuke Miyamoto JPN 7:56.29

100 BACKSTROKE
1. Gareth Kean NZL 54.71
2. Juan Miguel rando Galvez ESP 54.94
3. Kurt Peter Bassett NZL 55.21
3. Sebastiano Ranfagni ITA 55.21

4X100 FREESTYLE
1. United States (Feigen, Phillips, Norys, Savulich) USA 3:15.84
2. Brazil (Macedo, Chierighini, Martins, Oliveira) BRA 3:17.30
3. France (Lefert, Strohmeyer, Hustache, Bourelly) FRA 3:18.78

MEDAL TALLY

NOC G S B
NZL 4 - 2
USA 3 4 2
JPN 2 - 4
CHN 2 - 2
AUS 1 1 1
HUN 1 - -
LTU 1 - -
ESP - 2 1
ITA - 2 1
BRA - 1 -
KOR - 1 -
UKR - 1 -
FRA - - 1

Note: two golds and no silvers were awarded for a dead-heat in the men's 200 metres breaststroke. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men’s 100m backstroke.