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Team Canada recap & results: Day 13 (July 17)
 
July 17, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (Team Canada) – Canada added to its medal tally Wednesday morning at the 27^th Summer Universiade, claiming bronze in women's rugby sevens thanks to a 36-0 win over Great Britain in the country's very last competition of the FISU Games. Brianna Miller of Pte. Claire, Que., and Caroline Suchorski of Kirkland, Que., -- both members of the McGill University Martlets -- were part of that team.
 
Team Canada website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/summer/2013 
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Summer Universiade website: www.kazan2013.com/en
 
In other Canadian action on Day 13, the men's rugby sevens squad dropped a 26-12 decision to Georgia in the ninth-place match.
 
In the 10-kilometre open water swimming events, Jade Dusablon of Quebec City and Heather Maitland of Toronto finished eighth and 14^th, respectively, in the women's race. On the men's side, Aimeson Sparks-King of Toronto and Xavier Desharnais of Sherbrooke, Que., were 17^th and 18^th.
 
Team Canada ends the biennial multisport event with 16 podium finishes, including two gold, five silver and nine bronze, good for a tie for 15^th place in the overall standings. It equals the fourth best medal count since the red and white began competing at the Games in 1965.
 
Medal table: Medals
 
The top five Canadian performances include 40 medals in 1993 in Buffalo (12-14-14), 38 in 1983 in Edmonton (9-10-19), 19 in 1991 in Sheffield, England (3-5-11), 16 in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand (5-3-8) and 16 in 2013 (2-5-9).
 
Two years ago in Shenzhen, China, Canada finished 24^th overall with eight medals (0-5-3).
 
Canada sent a record delegation of 440 to Kazan, including 308 student-athletes. Over 11,000 athletes from 163 countries competed in Russia's sports capital.
 
"We're really proud of our athletes, coaches, and the entire delegation," said chef de mission Theresa Hanson. "We feel like we could have won a few more medals but overall, our results were very solid. The level of competition at this FISU Games was exceptional, probably the best ever. It sure was nice to finish with a podium today.
 
"The organizing committee truly did an amazing job. Kazan has set the bar very high for future Universiades." 
 
Canada's two gold medals in Kazan came from sprinter Kimberly Hyacinthe of Terrebonne, Que., who won the women's 200-metre at the track on July 10, and swimmer Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., who set a Universiade record in the women's 100 butterfly on July 14.
 
In team sports, women's rugby sevens had the best Canadian result with its bronze medal. The sport was making its FISU Games debut this summer. Men's basketball and women's water polo finished just off the podium, in fourth position.
 
The 2015 Summer Universiade will be held in Gwangju, South Korea.
 
CANADIAN MEDALS IN KAZAN
 
Gold (2)
Athletics (200m): Kimberly Hyacinthe (Terrebonne, Que.)
Swimming (100 butterfly): Katerine Savard (Pont-Rouge, Que.)
 
Silver (5)
Artistic gymnastics (floor): Ellie Black (Halifax, N.S.)
Athletics (1500m): Jeremy Rae (Fort Erie, Ont.)
Athletics (4x400m): Noelle Montcalm (Windsor, Ont.), Sarah Wells (Unionville, Ont.), Helen Crofts (Vancouver, B.C.), Alicia Brown (Ottawa, Ont.)
Athletics (4x400m): Benjamin Ayesu-Attah (Coquitlam, B.C.), Mike Robertson (Ottawa, Ont.), Brendon Rodney (Toronto, Ont.), Daniel Harper (Brampton, Ont.)
Swimming (50 butterfly): Katerine Savard (Pont-Rouge, Que.)
 
Bronze (8)
Artistic gymnastics (beam): Ellie Black (Halifax, N.S.)
Athletics (20km race walk team competition): Inaki Gomez (Vancouver, B.C.), Ben Thorne (Kitimat, B.C.), Evan Dunfee (Richmond, B.C.)
Rugby Sevens: Women
Swimming (800 free): Eric Hedlin (Victoria, B.C.)
Swimming (4x100 free): Sandrine Mainville (Boucherville, Que.), Caroline Lapierre-Lemire (Rouyn-Noranda, Que.), Paige Schultz (Toronto, Ont.), Brittany MacLean (Etobicoke, Ont.)
Swimming (4x200 free): Lindsay Delmar (Calgary, Alta.), Brittany MacLean (Etobicoke, Ont.), Paige Schultz (Toronto, Ont.), Savannah King (Vancouver, B.C.)
Weightlifting (-75kg): Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau (Candiac, Que.)
Wrestling (67kg): Stacie Anaka (Coquitlam, B.C.)
Wrestling (72kg): Erica Wiebe (Stittsville, Ont.)
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 RESULTS
 
MEN'S RUGBY SEVENS?
Canada (3-3) loses 26-12 to Georgia (3-3) in consolation final, finishes 10^th.
 
WOMEN'S RUGBY SEVENS??
Canada (4-3) wins 36-0 over Great Britain (5-2) in bronze medal match.
 
SHOOTING
Men's 25m Standard Pistol - Qualification?
26. Jeremy Gyoerick, Prince Albert, Sask., 526, does not advance.
 
SWIMMING
Men's open water 10km - Final
1. Matteo Furlan, Italy, 1:56:12.4; 2. Romain Beraud, France, 1:56.14.4; 3. Andreas Waschburger, Germany, 1:56:16.3; 17. Aimeson Sparks-King, Toronto, Ont., 1:58:43.6; 18. Xavier Desharnais, Sherbrooke, Que., 1:58:53.8.
 
Women's open water 10km - Final
1. Ashley Twichell, USA, 2:05:00.9; 2. Aurora Ponsele, Italy, 2:05:31.9; 3. Krala Sitic, Croatia, 2:05:32.1; 8. Jade Dusablon, Quebec City, Que., 2:06:53.8; 14. Heather Maitland, Toronto, Ont., 2:14:48.1.
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 12 (July 16)
 
July 16, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (Team Canada) – It was a festival of fourth-place finishes for Canada on the penultimate day of competition at the 27^th Summer Universiade, on Tuesday.
 
Canada was kept off the podium for the second straight day at the FISU Games. The red and white's tally still stands at 15 medals (2-5-8), good for a tie for 17^th in the overall standings.
 
Canadians finished just outside the podium in no less than six events on Tuesday, including men's basketball and women's water polo, as well as four swimming finals.
 
In men's hoops, after dropping a 78-68 decision to host Russia in Monday's semifinals, the Canucks couldn't recover in the bronze-medal match and lost 87-74 against Serbia. The game was a rematch of the 2011 final also won by the Serbians, 68-55.
 
Serbia jumped to a 24-16 lead after the first quarter and was ahead by 10 at halftime, 47-37. Canada responded with a 26-14 domination in the third to lead by two after 30 minutes but collapsed in the fourth stanza.
 
The Serbians, who came into the tournament as defending two-time champions, were sent to the free throw line 37 times and converted 26 of their opportunities, compared to 9-of-14 for Canada.
 
Dwight Powell of Toronto, with 12 points, Thomas Scrubb of Richmond, B.C., with 11, and Daniel Mullings of Toronto, with 10, scored in double figures for Canada, which ends the competition with a 6-2 overall record.
 
"We were in a heck of a ball game with five minutes to go," said head coach Jay Triano, describing the frenetic pace of the opening minutes of the fourth quarter when Canada pushed ahead by four points only to see the game tied up again moments later.
 
"We had wide-open threes and we had drives to the basket where either they made good plays or the whistle didn't blow," explained Triano.  "We have to do a better job of keeping guys in front of us and do a better job of finishing plays strong and getting to the free throw line."
 
In women's water polo, Canada had to settle for fourth place for the second time in three tournaments since the sport was added to the Universiade program in 2009 following a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to Italy.
 
The Canadian women had finished fourth in the inaugural FISU Games tourney four years ago in Belgrade, Serbia, and sixth in 2011 in Shenzhen, China.
 
In a low scoring affair that saw both sides play exceptional defence, the teams were separated by two goals for only 41 seconds, when Gloria Giachi scored what would prove to be the game-winner with 2:02 left in regulation to put the Italians up 6-4.
 
Shae Fournier of Winnipeg was again exceptional despite the loss with three goals, upping her tournament total to a team-leading 16 in six contests.
 
"Our goal coming into the tournament was to win a medal," said head coach Andrew Robinson, whose troops end the competition with a 3-3 overall record. "Obviously, it's always disappointing when you come this close. However, we brought a young team here and playing two games for a medal, in the semis against Hungary and tonight, that's invaluable experience for this group."
 
In swimming, Canada was in seven finals on the last night at the pool but just couldn't reach the podium. The swim meet concludes on Wednesday with the women's and men's 10-kilometre open water races.
 
Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., in the women's 400-metre freestyle (4:08.95), Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., in the women's 200 butterfly (2:11.02) and Alec Page of Cortes Island, B.C. in the men's 400 medley (4:18.56) all finished fourth in individual events.
 
Suffering the same fate was the women's 4x100 medley relay of Savard, Brooklyn Snodgrass of Calgary, Tera Van Beilen of Oakville, Ont., and Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que. (4:03.44).
 
Other Canadians in finals included Savannah King of Vernon, B.C., who placed fifth in the women's 400 free (4:10.48); Tianna Rissling of Redcliff, Alta., sixth in the women's 50 breaststroke (31.56); Mainville, eighth in the women's 50 free (25.46); Stephanie Horner of Beaconsfield, Que., eighth in the women's 200 fly (2:17.00); and the relay team of Russell Wood of Calgary, Richard Funk of Edmonton, Coleman Allen of Barrie, Ont., and Dominique Massie-Martel of Ottawa, sixth in the men's 4x100 medley (3:39.28).
 
"Fourth is bittersweet," said Page. "It just means we're not that far away from a medal and not that far from the top of the podium."
 
"It was a hard night," added Savard. "I'm not used to racing that much. I think I have to learn and train more. I will work on that."
 
In rugby sevens, a sport making its Universiade debut in Kazan, the Canadian women started the day on the right foot with a 33-7 quarter-final win over China but lost 31-5 to host Russia in the afternoon semifinals.
 
Canada held its own early on against the Russians and trailed only 12-5 going into the break, but was outscored 19-0 in the second half.  
 
The red and white (3-2) will face Great Britain (5-1) in bronze medal match Wednesday at 3:40 a.m. ET (11:40 a.m. Kazan).
 
On the men's side, the Canucks (3-2) blanked Latvia 19-0 in a consolation semifinal and will get a chance to finish ninth when they battle Georgia (3-2) Wednesday at 2:25 a.m. ET (10:25 a.m. Kazan).
 
In men's soccer, Canada (2-2-2) defeated Malaysia 3-1 to finish the 15-team FISU tournament in seventh position. It marks the second best result in history for the Canadian men, trailing only a fourth-place finish in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.
 
Marco Visintin of Vancouver (40^th minute), Matt Medoruma of Lethbridge, Alta. (49^th) and Mario Kovacevic of Woodbridge, Ont. (83^th) scored in the win.
 
Finally, in shooting, Jeremy Gyoerick of Prince Albert, Sask., finished 29^th in the qualification round of the 50-metre rapid fire pistol and failed to advance to the second phase. In women's competition, Christine King, also of Prince Albert, placed 41^st in 25-metre precision shooting and 43^rd in rapid fire, while Kelsey Bjorkman of Fenton, Sask., finished 44^th and 35^th in the same events. Neither advanced to the semifinals.
 
TUESDAY, JULY 16 RESULTS
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (6-2) loses 87-74 to Serbia (7-1) in bronze medal match, finishes fourth.
 
MEN'S RUGBY SEVENS?
Canada (3-2) wins 19-0 over Latvia (2-3) in consolation semifinal, will face Georgia (3-2) in consolation final for ninth place Wednesday at 2:25 a.m. ET (10:25 a.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S RUGBY SEVENS??
Canada (3-3) wins 33-7 over China (2-3) in quarter-final, loses 31-5 to Russia (6-0) in semifinal, will face Great Britain (5-1) in bronze medal match Wednesday at 3:40 a.m. ET (11:40 a.m. Kazan).
 
SHOOTING
Women's 25m Pistol - Qualification?Precision
41. Christine King, Prince Albert, Sask., 266-2x, does not advance; 44. Kelsey Bjorkman, Fenton, Sask., 257-2x, does not advance.
 
Women's 25m Pistol - Qualification?Rapid
35. Kelsey Bjorkman, Fenton, Sask., 267-6x, does not advance; 43. Christine King, Prince Albert, Sask., 249-3x, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m Pistol – Qualification
29. Jeremy Gyoerick, Prince Albert, Sask., 502-5x, does not advance.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Canada (2-2-2) wins 3-1 over Malaysia (1-3-1) in final consolation game, finishes seventh. 
 
SWIMMING
Women's 400m Freestyle – Heat 3
2. Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont., 4:13.22, advances to final; 3. Savannah King, Vernon, B.C., 4:13.73, advances to final.
 
Men's 400m IM – Heat 4
2. Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., 4:20.85, advances to final.
 
Men's 400m IM – Heat 5
6. Steven Bielby, Pointe-Claire, Que., 4:27.08, does not advance.
 
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay – Heat 1
1.Canada (Brooklyn Snodgrass, Calgary, Alta.; Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont.; Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que.; Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que.), 4:07.23, advances to final.
 
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay – Heat 2
2. Canada (Dominique Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont.; Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont.; Richard Funk, Edmonton, Alta.; Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta.), 3:39.94, advances to final.
 
Women's 400m Freestyle – Final
1.Martina de Memme, Italy, 4:07.69; 2. Elena Sokolova, Russia, 4:08.51; 3. Caitlin McClatchey, Great Britain, 4:08.77; 4. Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont., 4:08.95; 5. Savannah King, Vernon, B.C., 4:10.48.
 
Men's 400m IM – Final
1.Michael Weiss, USA, 4:12.00; 2. Takeharu Fujimori, Japan, 4:13.43; 3. Lewis James Selkirk Smith, Great Britain, 4:16.86; 4. Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., 4:18.56.
 
Women's 50m Freestyle – Final
1.Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Belarus, 24.48; 2. Anna Santamans, France, 24.81; 3. Megan Romano, USA, 24.98; 8. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 25.46.
 
Women's 50m Breaststroke – Final
1.Iulia Efimova, Russia, 30.12; 2. Petra Chocova, Czech Republic, 30.996; 3. Valentina Artemeva, Russia, 31.39; 6. Tianna Rissling, Redcliff, Alta., 31.56.
 
Women's 200m Butterfly – Final
1.Kona Fujita, Japan, 2:09.66; 2. Nao Kobayashi, Japan, 2:10.65; 3. Yana Martynova, Russia, 2:10.72; 4. Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., 2:11.02; 8. Stephanie Horner, Beaconsfield, Que., 2:17.00.
 
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay – Final
1.Russia, 3:58.04; 2. Italy, 4:02.61; 3. USA, 4:02.71; 4. Canada (Brooklyn Snodgrass, Calgary, Alta.; Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont.; Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que.; Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que.), 4:03.44.
 
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay – Final
1.Russia, 3:34.27; 2. Japan, 3:34.41; 3. USA, 3:34.63; 6. Canada (Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta.; Richard Funk, Edmonton, Alta.; Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont.; Dominique Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont.), 3:39.28.
 
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (3-3) loses 6-5 to Italy (3-3) in bronze medal game, finishes fourth.
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 11 (July 15)
 
July 15, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (Team Canada) – Canada was kept off the podium for the first time in seven days at the 27^th Summer Universiade, on Monday. After 11 days of competition, Team Canada still has 15 medals (2-5-8), good for 15^th place in the overall standings.
 
The day also saw the end of Canada's gold-medal hopes in men's basketball. The red and white (6-1) suffered a 78-68 semifinal loss to host Russia (7-0) and will now play for bronze against Serbia (6-1) Tuesday at 7 p.m. local time (11 a.m. ET).
 
The game will be a rematch of the 2011 final, which the Serbs won 68-55. Russia will face Australia for gold.
 
In its 21^st appearance at the biennial tournament, Canada is looking for its 10^th podium finish. To date, the Canucks have amassed one gold (1983), four silver and four bronze.
 
The semifinal game was won in the opening half when Canada struggled with turnovers and poor shooting. Canada shot just 4-19 from the floor in the first quarter and also committed nine turnovers.
 
"We gave them too many looks and let them get into a rhythm because we turned the ball over so much. Twenty-three turnovers it too many to give a team like that," said head coach Jay Triano.
 
"They are a team that knows how to play aggressive basketball. [Russia] has great hands and they knocked the ball loose. I thought we were sloppy with our passes and sloppy holding onto the ball after we rebounded it."
 
Trailing 64-38 late in the third frame, Canada mounted a run in the fourth which had the crowd at Kazan's Baskethall suddenly anxious in the final minutes. Melvin Ejim of Brampton, Ont. (Iowa State) and Daniel Mullings of Toronto (New Mexico State) worked together to force a pair of turnovers for scores which brought the deficit to 12.
 
Mullings, Ejim and Brady Heslip of Burlington, Ont. (Baylor) tied for the Canadian team lead with 12 points apiece.
 
"As a group we talked about not playing the outcome, we talked about playing every possession," said Triano. "That's how you become a good basketball team and that's why we're here."
 
At the pool, Canadians competed in three swimming finals but couldn't add to the country's medal tally.
 
In the women's 800-metre freestyle, Savannah King of Vernon, B.C., started strong but faded in the second half of the race to finish eighth in 8:43.15.
 
It was a different story in the women's 200 free, as Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., mounted a late comeback and barely missed the podium, touching the wall in 1:58.53, just .33 behind bronze medallist Caitlin McClatchey of Great Britain.
 
In the men's 4x200 free relay, Frank Despond of Milgrove, Ont., Alec Page of Cortes Island, B.C., Russell Wood of Calgary and Coleman Allen of Barrie, Ont., placed seventh in 7:23.55.
 
Four Canadian teams wrapped up their tournament on Monday.
 
In men's volleyball, Canada (5-2) finished fifth thanks to a 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-17) victory over the Czech Republic in the consolation final.
 
It marks the fourth straight top six for the Canadian men at the FISU Games, after claiming a silver medal in 2007, finishing sixth in 2009 and barely missing the podium in 2011, taking fourth place. 
 
"We came in expecting to medal and we had a pretty good go at it," said left side Steven Marshall of Abbotsford, B.C., who paced the winners with 14 kills and nine digs. "We played some really tough teams and it was really good competition. We had a pretty disappoint quarter-final against Ukraine but I think we bounced back well together as a team and our last two games together were really fun."
 
In women's basketball, Canada (1-5) lost 60-55 to Hungary to finish eighth, a drop of two positions from two years ago in Shenzhen, China. Dalyce Emmerson of Prince Albert, Sask., led the way in the tourney finale with 16 points.
 
In women's soccer, Canada's (3-3-0) competition ended with a 2-1 loss to Russia, which dropped the red and white to 10^th in the standings. Jackie Tessier of Winnipeg scored the Canucks' lone goal.
 
Canada (3-5) also placed 10^th in men's water polo following a 15-12 win over Belgium (0-8). Nikola Mitrovic of Gatineau, Que., led the winners with four goals.
 
On the second day of rugby sevens competition, the Canadian women went 1-1 to secure a spot in the quarter-finals, while the men, who had already been bumped of medal contention on Monday after an 0-2 start, picked up their first two wins of the tournament.
 
The women (2-2) opened day 2 with a 29-21 win over France before falling 38-7 to Ukraine. They face China Tuesday at 10:44 a.m. local time (2:44 a.m. ET) in the quarters.
 
The men (2-2) topped Ukraine 46-12 in their last pool game and followed up with a 17-14 defeat of Romania in their first consolation match. They will battle Latvia (2-2) at 3:50 p.m. (7:50 a.m. ET) Tuesday in a consolation semi-final.
 
In rhythmic gymnastics, Kelsey Titmarsh of Thornhill, Ont., and Kelsey Anderson of Vernon, B.C., placed 29^th and 31^st, respectively, in the individual all-around final, and did not qualify for the individual events.
 
Finally, in shooting, Jeremy Gyoerick of Prince Albert, Sask., finished 24^th in the qualification round of the 25-metre rapid fire pistol and failed to advance to the second phase.
 
MONDAY, JULY 15 RESULTS
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (6-1) loses 78-68 to Russia (7-0) in the semifinal, will play for bronze against Serbia (6-1) Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET (7 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (1-5) loses 60-55 to Hungary (3-3) in consolation placement game, finishes eighth.
 
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Women's Individual All-Around Final
1. Margarita Mamun, Russia, 73.466; 2. Alexandra Merkulova, Russia, 72.066; 3. Ganna Rizatdinova, Ukraine, 70.650; 29. Kelsey Titmarsh, Thornhill, Ont., 52.165, does not advance to individual events; 31. Kelsey Anderson, Vernon, B.C., 47.549, does not advance to individual events.
 
MEN'S RUGBY SEVENS?
Canada (2-2) wins 46-12 over Ukraine (0-3), wins 17-14 over Romania (2-2) in consolation quarter-final, will face Latvia (2-2) in consolation semifinal Tuesday at 7:50 a.m. ET (3:50 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S RUGBY SEVENS??
Canada (2-2) wins 29-21 over France (1-3), loses 38-7 to Ukraine (3-1) in Pool A, will face China (2-2) Tuesday at 2:44 a.m. ET (10:44 a.m. Kazan) in quarterfinal match.
 
SHOOTING
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol - Qualification?
24. Jeremy Gyoerick, Prince Albert, Sask., 500-4x, does not advance.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Canada (3-3-0) loses 2-1 to Russia (4-2-0) in final consolation game, finishes 10th.
 
SWIMMING
Women's 800m Freestyle – Final
1.Martina de Memme, Italy, 8:28.09; 2. Stephanie Peacock, USA, 8:28.21; 3. Ashley Steenvoorden, USA, 8:29.79; 8. Savannah King, Vernon, B.C., 8:43.15.
 
Women's 200m Freestyle – Final
1.Viktoriiya Andreeva, Russia, 1:57.31; 2. Veronika Popova, Russia, 1:57.40; 3. Caitlin McClatchey, Great Britain, 1:58.20; 4. Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont., 1:58.53.
 
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Heat 1
4. Canada (Frank Despond, Milgrove, Ont., Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont.), 7:25.59, advances to final.
 
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Final
1.Russia, 7:05.49; 2. USA, 7:13.58; 3. Australia, 7:15.50; 7. Canada (Frank Despond, Milgrove, Ont., Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont.), 7:23.55.
 
Women's 50m Breaststroke – Heat 4
2. Tianna Rissling, Redcliff, Alta., 31.84, advances to semifinal; 5. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 32.49, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 50m Breaststroke – Semifinal 2
3. Tianna Rissling, Redcliff, Alta., 31.47, advances to final; 6. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 32.00, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m Freestyle – Heat 8
4. Kelly Aspinall, Nanoose Bay, B.C., 23.08, does not advance; 5. Chris Manning, Brantford, Ont., 23.10, does not advance.
 
Women's 200m Butterfly – Heat 2
3. Stephanie Horner, Beaconsfield, Que., 2:15.66, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3
1.Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., 2:11.38, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m Butterfly – Semifinal 2
3. Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., 2:12.29, advances to final; 4. Stephanie Horner, Beaconsfield, Que., 2:14.67, advances to final.
 
Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 6
4. Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, Rouyn-Noranda, Que., 25.74, advances to semifinal; 5. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 25.87, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 50m Freestyle – Semifinal 1
2. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 25.32, advances to final.
 
Women's 50m Freestyle – Semifinal 2
6. Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, Rouyn-Noranda, Que., 25.55, does not advance.
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (5-2) wins 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-17) over Czech Republic (4-3) in consolation final match, finishes fifth.
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (3-5) wins 15-12 over Belgium (0-8) in the final consolation game, finishes 10th.
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 10 (July 14)
 
July 14, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (Team Canada) – Canada captured three medals on Sunday at the Summer Universiade, two in swimming and one in wrestling, to up its overall tally to 15 with three days of competition remaining at the biennial event.
 
After 10 days of competition, Team Canada has two gold medals, five silver and eight bronze, good for 15^th in the overall standings.
 
Swimmer Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., claimed the country's second gold of the 27^th FISU Games when she set a Universiade record in the women's 100-metre butterfly. Canada's other triumph came four days ago when sprinter Kimberly Hyacinthe won the women's 200m in athletics.
 
Eric Hedlin of Victoria also reached the podium at the pool on Sunday, taking bronze in the men's 800 freestyle, while freestyle wrestler Stacie Anaka of Coquitlam, B.C., also posted a third-place finish in the women's 67-kilogram category.
 
In other Canadian action on Day 10, men's basketball reached the semifinals while women's water polo lost in the semis and will play for bronze on Tuesday.
 
In swimming, Savard, blew away the competition in the 100 fly, an event in which she holds the Canadian record (57.40 seconds) and is ranked second in the world. The Cegep Ste-Foy student touched the wall in 57.63, lowering the previous Universiade mark of 57.86 set by China's Lu Ying in 2011.
 
Fan Guo of China was a distant second in 58.98, edging Nao Kobayashi of Japan (58.99) by one hundredth of a second.
 
It was Savard's second medal of the meet after winning silver in the 50 fly in Canadian record time (26.05) on Thursday. The 20-year-old shook off some pre-race nerves to lead from the start and finished 1.35 seconds ahead of Guo, who, like Savard, competed at the 2012 Olympics.
 
"With the pressure and everything, I'm happy. It was good stress."
 
Savard, who will swim the 200 fly preliminaries Monday, said the week has been a good learning experience.
 
"I've learned a lot and I think I still have a lot of things to learn, like how to control the pressure. I did a good progression this year. In the last three months I did three times under 58 seconds. I'm pretty consistent, so that's a good point for me."
 
Hedlin captured bronze in the men's 800 free with a personal best of 7:53.78. The University of Victoria student finished 3.82 seconds back of gold medallist Kohei Yamamoto of Japan and behind Sergii Frolov of Ukraine (7:51.02).
 
The 20-year-old was close to a medal in the 1,500 metres on Friday, finishing fourth, but overcame that frustration in the 800. Hedlin was fourth after 200 metres but climbed into third spot around 400 metres, and then fought off a late challenge from American Sean Ryan, who had won the 1,500.
 
"That's a big best time for me. In the 1,500 I wanted to medal and was disappointed when I didn't. I was happy I could come back and prove I still could swim fast at a big event like this."
 
The only other Canadian to swim in a final on the night was Tera Van Beilen of Oakville, Ont., who placed sixth in the women's 200 breaststroke (2:27.64).
 
On the final day of freestyle wrestling in Kazan, Anaka defeated Natalya Palamarchuk of Azarbaijan with technical points (3-1) in her bronze medal match at 67kg. Sara Dosho of Japan beat Nasanburmaa Ochirbat of Mongolia in the final.
 
Earlier in the day, the Simon Fraser University student, who had a bye in the round of 16, lost her quarter-final bout 6-4 to Japan's Sara Dosho but was able to qualify for the third-place match through the repechage side of the draw when Dosho advanced to the final.
 
"It's a good day," said Anaka, who is currently seventh in the FILA world rankings. "It's always nice to win a medal for your country and seeing the flag raised up. It would've been nicer if it were a gold medal. But I wrestled hard today and I felt pretty confident."
 
Canada finishes the FISU Games with two bronze medals in wrestling. Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ont., claimed bronze at 72kg on Saturday.
 
Other Canadian wrestlers in action today included Elizabeth Milovitch-Sera of Winnipeg at 59kg and Diana Ford of Kentville, N.S., at 51kg. Both lost in the quarter-final round and then in a repechage bout.
 
In men's basketball, Canada (6-0) advanced to the Final Four with an 88-77 victory over Brazil. The 2011 Universiade silver medallists will face host Russia (6-0) Monday in their 13^th semifinal in 21 all-time appearances at the biennial tournament.
 
The game will be webcast live on www.fisu.tv at 4:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET).
 
For the fifth time in six contests in Kazan, Brady Heslip of Burlington, Ont., led the red and white in scoring with 20 points, including a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line. Dwight Powell of Toronto chipped in with 15 points and six rebounds.
 
"If they're going to take away his shot, it opens up drives," said head coach Jay Triano about Heslip. "Even if he gets it up and off the glass, it's not a bad play. Our job on the glass was outstanding."
 
The other men's hoops semifinal, at 2 p.m. local (6 a.m. ET) will see defending champion Serbia face Australia.
 
In women's water polo, Canada (3-2) will battle Italy (2-3) for bronze Monday at 6 p.m. local (10 a.m. ET) after a 7-6 semifinal loss to Hungary. 
 
This will be the second appearance for Canada in the third-place game since the sport made its FISU Games debut in 2009. The Canucks were fourth four years ago in Belgrade, Serbia, and sixth in 2011 in Shenzhen, China.
 
In Sunday's semifinal, a defensive breakdown in the first quarter allowed Hungary to take a 4-0 lead after 10 minutes en route to a 6-2 advantage at halftime.
 
Kelly McKee of Calgary, Alta., led the way on offence with two goals, while goalkeepers Jessica Gaudreault of Ottawa and Claire Wright of Lindsey, Ont., combined for 12 saves
 
"I think the bronze medal game against Italy will be a good, tough, hard-fought game," said head coach Andrew Robinson, whose troops edged the Italians 11-10 in their pool play opener on July 6. "We played them the first game of the tournament and I'm sure they want to avenge that loss. They are a very experienced group."
 
In men's volleyball, Canada edged South Korea in five sets of 21-25, 25-15, 25-19, 16-25 and 15-8 to advance to the consolation final for fifth place.
 
The Canadians (4-2) wrap up the tournament Monday at 3 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) against the Czech Republic (4-2), a team they beat 3-1 in group play. Regardless of tomorrow's result, the red and white will end up in the top six for the fourth straight FISU Games, after winning silver in 2007 and finishing sixth and fourth in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
 
In women's volleyball, Canada (2-3) lost its consolation final to Japan in straight sets (23-25, 21-25, 20-25).
 
The result matches the third-best in team history at the Universiade. The Canadians placed fourth in 1997 in Sicily and in 1983 in Edmonton, as well as sixth in 1985 in Kobe, Japan.
 
"It's a challenging tournament and this is a good result," said senior national team head coach Arnd Ludwig, who was at the helm of the students' squad. "It started slowly, because we should have had one more preliminary game. I believe that we improved as we went along."
 
In men's soccer, the Canucks (1-2-2) suffered a 1-0 defeat to Ukraine in consolation semi-final action. They will face Malaysia (1-3-1) for seventh place Monday at 11 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET).
 
In rugby sevens, a sport making its Universiade debut in Kazan, the Canadian women earned a crucial 27-10 win over Japan in the afternoon after losing their tournament opener 38-7 against Russia in the morning. Canada remains in medal contention after Day 1. 
 
On the men's side, Canada is already out of the medals following losses to Russia, 45-0, and Poland, 24-15.
 
In rhythmic gymnastics, 2012 Olympian Kelsey Titmarsh of Thornhill, Ont., is ranked 25^th after two apparatuses in the women's individual all-around qualifying round, while Kelsey Andersen of Vernon, B.C., is 31^st. Both athletes will complete the qualifying stage on Monday afternoon.
 
On the tennis court, the last three Canadians standing – all in consolation semifinals - were knocked out of the tournament on Sunday. Phil Anderson of Halifax lost 6-2, 6-3 to Johnny Wang of the United States, while Kristina Sanjevic of Edmonton and Dominique Harmath of Toronto both lost in the third set.
 
Finally, in shooting, Jeremy Gyoerick of Prince Albert, Sask., placed 38^th with a score of 240-1x in the qualifying round of the men's 25m rapid fire pistol and did not advance to the second stage.
 
SUNDAY, JULY 14 RESULTS
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (6-0) wins 88-77 over Brazil (5-1) in quarter-final, advances to semifinal, will play Russia (6-0) Monday at 8:30 a.m. ET (4:30 Kazan).
 
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Women's Individual All-Around Day 1
25. Kelsey Titmarsh, Thornhill, Ont., 27.966, advances to Day 2; 31. Kelsey Anderson, Vernon, B.C., 24.833, advances to Day 2.
 
MEN'S RUGBY SEVENS?
Canada (0-2) loses 45-0 to Russia (2-0), loses 24-15 to Poland (2-0) in Pool A, will face Ukraine (0-2) Monday at 3:28 a.m. ET (11:28 a.m. Kazan) in third Pool A match.
 
WOMEN'S RUGBY SEVENS?
Canada (1-1) loses 38-7 to Russia (3-0), wins 27-10 over Japan (0-2) in Pool A, will face France (1-2) and Ukraine (1-1) Monday at 2:22 a.m. and 5:18 p.m. ET (10:22 a.m. and 1:18 p.m. Kazan) in third and fourth Pool A matches.
 
SHOOTING
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol - Qualification
38. Jeremy Gyoerick, Prince Albert, Sask., 240-1x, does not advance.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Canada (1-2-2) loses 1-0 to Ukraine (2-2-1) in consolation semifinal, will face Malaysia (1-2-1) for seventh place Monday at 3 a.m. ET (11 a.m. Kazan)
 
SWIMMING
Men's 800m, Freestyle – Final
1. Kohei Yamamto, Japan, 7:49.96; 2. Sergii Frolov, Ukraine, 7:51.02; 3. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, B.C., 7:53.78.
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke – Final
1. Iulia Efimova, Russia, 2:24.10; 2. Laura Sogar, USA, 2:25.33; 3. Mio Motegi, Japan, 2:25.73;
6. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 2:27.64.
 
Women's 100m Butterfly – Final
1. Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., 57.63 (Universiade Record); 2. Fan Guo, China, 58.98; 3. Nao Kobayashi, Japan, 58.99.
 
Men's 200m Backstroke – Heat 3
1. Gleb Suvorov, Toronto, Ont., 2:02.58, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 200m Backstroke – Heat 6
4. Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., 2:02.02, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 200m Backstroke – Semifinal 1
5. Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., 2:02.11, does not advance; 6. Gleb Suvorov, Toronto, Ont., 2:02.73, does not advance.
 
Women's 200m Freestyle – Heat 3
1. Brittany MacLean, Toronto, Ont., 2:00.69, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m Freestyle – Heat 4
3. Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, Alta., 2:02.00, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m Freestyle – Semifinal 1
1. Brittany MacLean, Toronto, Ont., 1:59.68, advances to final; 6. Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, Alta., 2:00.92, does not advance.
 
Men's 100m Butterfly – Heat 5
2. Edward Liu, Toronto, Ont., 54.28, does not advance.
 
Men's 100m Butterfly – Heat 7
1. Coleman Allen, Calgary, Alta., 52.76, advances to semifinals.
 
Men's 100m Butterfly – Semifinal
7. Coleman Allen, Calgary, Alta., 53.25, does not advance.
 
Women's 50m Backstroke – Heat 4
5. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, Que., 29.62, does not advance.
 
Women's 50m Backstroke – Heat 5
5. Brooklynn Snodgrass, Calgary, Alta., 29.66, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m Breaststroke – Heat 6
6. Jason Block, Calgary, Alta., 28.39, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 50m Breaststroke – Heat 7
5. Richard Funk, Edmonton, Alta., 28.48, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m Breaststroke – Semifinal 1
6. Jason Block, Calgary, Alta., 28.24, does not advance.
 
Women's 800m Freestyle – Heat 1
2. Savannah King, Vancouver, B.C., 8:40.78, advances to final; 4. Heather Maitland, Toronto, Ont., 8:57.67, does not advance.
 
TENNIS 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Kristina Sanjevic, Edmonton, Alta., loses 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6) to Megumi Nishimoto, Japan, in consolation semifinal, does not advance.
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., loses 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (5) to Yuki Tanaka, Japan, in consolation semifinal, does not advance.
 
Men's Singles – Consolation
Phil Anderson, Halifax, N.S., loses 6-2, 6-3 over Johnny Wang, USA, in consolation semifinal, does not advance.
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (4-2) wins 3-2 (21-25, 25-15, 25-19, 16-25, 15-8) over South Korea (4-3) in consolation semifinal match, will play Czech Republic (4-2) for fifth place Monday at 7 a.m. ET (3 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (2-3) loses 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-20) to Japan in consolation final, finishes sixth.
 
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (3-2) loses 7-5 to Hungary (4-0-1) in semifinals, will play Italy (2-3) for bronze medal Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET (6 p.m. Kazan)
 
WRESTLING
Women's 59kg - Round of 16
Elizabeth Milovitch-Sera, Winnipeg, Man., defeats 5-0 Josimara Julho, Brazil, advances to quarter-final.
 
Women's 59kg – Quarter-final
Elizabeth Milovitch-Sera, Winnipeg, Man., loses 4-0 to Allison Ragan, USA, advances to repechage.
 
Women's 59kg – Repechage Semifinal
Elizabeth Milovitch-Sera, Winnipeg, Man., loses 5-0 to Ayaka Ito, Japan, does not advance.
 
Women's 51kg – Quarter-finals
Diana Ford, Kentville, N.S., loses 5-0 to Hikari Sugawara, Japan, advances to repechage.
 
Women's 51kg – Repechage
Diana Ford, Kentville, N.S., loses 4-0 to Anzhela Dorogan, Azerbaijan, does not advance.
 
Women's 67-kg – Quarter-finals
Stacie Anaka, Coquitlam, B.C., loses 3-1 to Sara Dosho, Japan, advances to bronze medal through repechage.
 
Women's 67kg – Bronze Medal
Stacie Anaka, Coquitlam, B.C., wins 3-1 over Natalya Palamarchuk, Azerbijian.
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 9 (July 13)
 
July 13, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – Canada has 12 medals after nine days of competition at the 27^th Summer Universiade after adding a pair of bronze in wrestling and swimming, on Saturday. The Canadian tally includes one gold, five silver and five bronze.
 
In freestyle wrestling, Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ont., reached the podium in the 72-kilogram weight class after defeating Gozol Zuova of Azerbaijan with great superiority (4-0).
 
Earlier in the day, the two-time CIS champion for the University of Calgary Dinos had lost her first bout 5-0 to Russia's Ekaterina Bukina in the quarter-finals but she was able to qualify for the bronze match through the repechage side of the draw.
 
"This day was awesome," said Wiebe, who fought only twice on the day after receiving a bye in the first round. "I had Bukina, a former world medallist, and I knew she was going to be really tough. I was heartbroken that I lost, but I knew I was going to come back in the repechage. As soon as my match was over, I refocused and set a goal of leaving with a medal. At the end of those six minutes, I was so happy and relieved to achieve my goal."
 
Bukina went on to defeat Brittney Roberts of the United States in the gold medal final. Galina Levchenko of Bulgaria won the second bronze handed out in the weight class.
 
Another Canadian, Natasha Kramble of Saskatoon, also battled for bronze Saturday. The University of Saskatchewan student missed the podium at 48-kg after losing in great superiority (4-0) to Mariya Livach of Ukraine.
 
The two other Canucks in action on the first of two days of women's wrestling, Jill Gallays of Saskatoon (55-kg) and Danielle Lappage, of Olds, Alta. (63-kg), failed to advance after dropping first round decisions.
 
At the pool, the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay team of Lindsay Delmar from Calgary, Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., Paige Schultz of Toronto and Savannah King of Vancouver completed the race in 8:02.73 behind Russia (7:55.53) and the United States (7:55.76).
 
It was the second medal of the Games for MacLean and Paige, who also captured bronze with the 4x100 free relay.
 
After posting the third best time in the preliminaries, the Canadians knew the podium was within reach.
 
"We always feel some pressure because we want to medal every time we jump in the pool," said MacLean, a 2012 Olympian. "We were so excited because relays are fun and our teammates really supported us."
 
Canada was fourth when King jumped into the water for the final 200 metres.
 
"It's always good to be pushed," said King, an Olympian in both 2008 and 2012. "Australia gave us more energy and helped us reach the podium."
 
In other swimming finals on Saturday, Schultz finished seventh in the women's 200 individual medley (2:17.44), while Zack Chetrat of Oakville, Ont., had the same placing in the men's 200 butterfly (1:58.92).
 
In men's volleyball, Canada (3-2) saw its medal hopes vanish with a disappointing straight-set loss to Ukraine in the quarter-finals (25-21, 25-23, 25-23). The Canadians, who finished fourth in 2011 in Shenzhen, China, will now play for positions five to eight, starting Sunday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan) against South Korea.
 
As he has done for most of the tournament, Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., paced the Canadian attack with 15 kills, while Steven Marshall of Abbotsford, B.C., had 14.
 
"They were good in their block and their defence, so it's a credit to all of our spikers that they were able to get all of the kills that they did," said Canadian head coach Larry McKay.
 
In women's volleyball, the Canadians downed Taiwan in four sets of 27-25, 14-25, 25-20 and 27-25 to advance to the consolation final for fifth place.
 
Canada (2-2) wraps up the tournament against Japan Sunday at 7 a.m. ET (3 p.m. Kazan) and will be looking to better or match the third best result in program history at the FISU Games. In 18 previous appearances at the biennial competition, the Canucks' top-three finishes are a pair of fourth places in 1997 (Sicily, Italy) and 1983 (Edmonton), as well as sixth in 1985 (Kobe, Japan).
 
Kyla Richey, a senior national team member from Roberts Creek, B.C., led the way on offence with 13 kills.
 
In women's basketball, Miah-Marie Langlois of Windsor, Ont., scored a game-high 26 points in Canada's 75-72 overtime loss to Sweden in consolation action. Langlois sank a late three-pointer and Dartmouth, N.S., native Rachelle Coward made a free throw to end the fourth quarter and send the game to OT.
 
Canada will play Hungary at 2 a.m. ET (10 a.m. Kazan) Monday to determine seventh place.
 
In women's soccer, Canada (3-2) blanked Estonia 3-0 in consolation action and will face Russia for ninth place Monday at 6 a.m. ET (2 p.m. Kazan)
 
In men's water polo, the Canadians suffered their fifth loss in six contests, dropping a 9-3 decision to Montenegro in the consolation side of the draw. They will wrap up the 12-team competition against Belgium Monday at 4 a.m. ET (12:30 p.m. Kazan).
 
On the tennis court, the Canadians won their three matches in consolation play. Phil Anderson of Halifax prevailed 7-5, 6-3 in his second singles match, Dominique Harmath of Toronto was a 6-2, 6-2 victor and advanced to the consolation semifinals, while Kristina Sanjevic of Edmonton downed her opponent 6-4, 6-2 in her third contest.
 
In shooting, Jeremy Gyoerick of Prince Albert, Sask., began competition by placing 38^th in the 10-metre air pistol event.
 
SATURDAY, JULY 13 RESULTS
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada loses (1-4) loses 75-72 to Sweden (3-2) in consolation quarter-final, will play for seventh place against Hungary (2-3) Monday at 2 a.m. ET (10 a.m. Kazan).
 
SHOOTING
Men's 10m Air Pistol – Qualification
38. Jeremy Gyoerick, Prince Albert, Sask., 538-8x, does not advance.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Canada (3-2) wins 3-0 over Estonia (0-5) in consolation match, will face Russia (3-2) for ninth place Monday at 6 a.m. ET (2 p.m. Kazan)
 
SWIMMING
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Final
1. USA, 7:55.53; 2. Russia, 7:55.76; 3. Canada (Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, Alta., Savannah King, Vancouver, B.C.,  Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont.), 8:02.73.
 
Women's 200m Individual medley – Final
1. Viktoriiya Andreeva, Russia, 2:12.32; 2. Sarah Henry, USA, 2:12.69; 3. Melanie Margalis, USA, 2:12.96; 7. Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., 2:17.44.
 
Men's 200m Butterfly – Final
1. Bence Biczo, Hungry, 1:55.32; 2. Kenta Hirai, Japan, 1:55.90; 3. Stefanos Dimitriadis, Greece; 7. Zack Chetrat, Oakville, Ont., 1:58.92.
 
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Heat 1
2. Canada (Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, Alta., Savannah King, Vancouver, B.C.,  Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont.), 8:04.68, advances to final.
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke – Heat 4
3. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 2:30.46, advances to semifinal; 5. Ashley McGregor, Pointe-Claire, Que., 2:31.20, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke – Semifinal 1
4. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 2:27.59, advances to final; 6. Ashley McGregor, Pointe-Claire, Que., 2:31.27, does not advance.
 
Men's 100m Freestyle – Heat 10
Dominique Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont., disqualified, does not advance.
 
Men's 100m Freestyle – Heat 11
7. Tommy Gossland, Nanaimo, B.C., 50.99, does not advance.
 
Women's 100m Butterfly – Heat 5
1. Katerine Savard, Cap-Rouge, Que., 58.21, advances to semifinal; 5. Alisha Harricharan, Brampton, Ont., 1:00.86, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 100m Butterfly – Semifinal 2
1. Katerine Savard, Cap-Rouge, Que., 58.18, advances to final; 8. Alisha Harricharan, Brampton, Ont., 1:00.51, does not advance.
 
Men's 800m Freestyle – Heat 3
3. Will Brothers, Victoria, B.C., 8:07.03, does not advance.
 
Men's 800m, Freestyle – Heat 4
1. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, B.C., 7:56.68, advances to final.
 
TENNIS 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Kristina Sanjevic, Edmonton, Alta., wins 6-4, 6-2 Hariniony Andriamananarivo, Madagascar, will play Megumi Nishimoto Japan, Sunday at 3:30 a.m. ET (11:30 a.m. Kazan).
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., wins 6-2, 6-2 over Susan Yates, United States, will play Yuki Tanaka, Japan, Sunday, at 2:30 a.m. ET (10:30 a.m. Kazan).
 
Men's Singles – Consolation
Phil Anderson, Halifax, N.S., wins 7-5, 6-3 over Jacobus Serdyn, Namibia, will play Johnny Wang, United States, Sunday at 1:45 a.m. ET (9:45 a.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (3-2) loses 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-23) to Ukraine (4-0) in quarter-final, moves to consolation, will play South Korea (4-2) Sunday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (2-2) wins 3-1 (25-17, 25-16, 26-24) to Taiwan (2-3) in consolation quarter-final match, will play Japan (2-3) for fifth place Sunday at 7 a.m. ET (3 p.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (1-5) loses 9-3 to Montenegro (3-3) in consolation round, will play Belgium (0-6) in final consolation game Monday at 4:30 a.m. ET (12:30 p.m. Kazan)
 
WRESTLING
Women's 48kg - Round of 16
Natasha Kramble, Saskatoon, Sask., defeats 5-0 Pepa Dimitrova, Bulgaria, advances to quarter-final.
 
Women's 48kg – Quarter-final
Natasha Kramble, Saskatoon, Sask., loses 5-0 to Patimat Bagomedova, Azerbaijan, advances to repechage.
 
Women's 48kg – Repechage Semifinal
Natasha Kramble, Saskatoon, Sask., wins 5-0 over Graziela Conceicao, Brazil, advances to bronze medal.
 
Women's 48kg – Bronze Medal
Natasha Kramble, Saskatoon, Sask., loses 4-0 to Mariya Livach, Ukraine.
 
Women's 55kg – Round of 16
Jillian Gallays, Saskatoon, SK., loses 3-1 to Orkhon Purevdorj, Mongolia, does not advance.
 
Women's 63kg – Round of 16
Danielle Lappage, Olds, Alta., loses 3-0 to Vasyl Rio Watari, Japan, does not advance.
 
Women's 72kg – Round of 16
Erica Wiebe, Stittsville, Ont., bye, advances to quarter-finals.
 
Women's 72kg – Quarter-finals
Erica Wiebe, Stittsville, Ont., loses 5-0 to Ekaterina Bukina, Russia, advances to bronze medal through repechage.
 
Women's 72kg – Bronze Medal
Erica Wiebe, Stittsville, Ont., wins 4-0 over Gozol Zubova, Azerbaijan.
 
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 8 (July 12)
 
July 12, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – Canada captured two more medals at the track on Friday as the athletics competition came to an end at the 27^th Summer Universiade. Eight days into the FISU Games, the country's podium tally stands at 10 across all sports, including one gold, five silver and three bronze.
 
Other Canadian highlights from Kazan on Friday included women's water polo qualifying for the semifinals, men's basketball advancing to the quarter-finals thanks to a big win over the United States, as well as solid performances in beach volleyball and swimming.
 
Unfortunately for Team Canada, three team sports were ousted from medal contention on the day following quarter-final losses, including men's soccer, women's basketball and women's volleyball.
 
In athletics, Canada claimed silver in both the women's and men's 4x400-metre relays in front of a sold-out crowd of 30,000 at Central Stadium.
 
Noelle Montcalm of Windsor, Ont., Sarah Wells of Unionville, Ont., Helen Crofts of Vancouver and Alicia Brown of Ottawa crossed the finish line in 3:32.93, sandwiched between the host Russians (3:26.01) and South Africa (3:36.05).
 
"To us it feels like we won," said Wells, who was a semi-finalist in 400-metre hurdles at the London Olympics. "We knew Russia was going to be stacked, so we're really happy. It's a great way to close the competition."
 
"As the fourth runner [the gap] is a little terrifying because you don't want to be the one to lose the lead you have going," said Brown.
 
The podium was identical on the men's side, with Benjamin Ayesu-Attah from Coquitlam, B.C., Mike Robertson of Ottawa, Brendon Rodney of Toronto and Daniel Harper of Brampton, Ont., completing the race in 3:05.26, behind Russia (3:03.70) and ahead of South Africa (3:06.19).
 
"We watched the heats yesterday and we knew that Ben was going to give us a great opportunity and position to go after them," explained Robertson, who also competed at the 2011 Universiade in China. "Their guy out of the first leg was world class. We gave ourselves a chance but we banged into them the last exchange and that made the gap a little too much."
 
"We ran a good time and I hope that we can continue it at Worlds," said Harper. "I love my team and I feel proud to represent Canada."
 
For Roberston and Rodney, the medal came after bitter disappointment in the 4x100 metre event earlier on the night. A disastrous final exchange disqualified the foursome that also included Oluwasegun Makinde of Ottawa and Sam Effah of Calgary from the final.
 
Four other Canadians were in finals on the last night of athletics, including Anthony Romaniw of Guelph, Ont., who finished seventh in the 800m (1:49.04); Taylor Stewart of London, Ont., who posted a personal best of 7.80 metres to place sixth in the long jump; as well as Lucas Bruchet of White Rock, B.C. (14:08.59) and Andrew Nixon of Guelph (14:32.83), who ended up ninth and 12^th in the 5000m.
 
In women's water polo, the Canadians beat France 9-8 to advance to the Universiade Final Four for the second time in history. They will face Hungary in Sunday's semifinals at 8 p.m. local time (noon ET).
 
Since the sport was added to the FISU Games program in 2009, the red and white took fourth place in the inaugural tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, and finished sixth in 2011 in Shenzhen, China.
 
Against the French, Canada led 3-1 after the first quarter, 6-4 at halftime and 8-5 after three periods. Up 9-5 with six minutes to go, the Canadians saw their rivals score three times late in the contest but managed to hold on.
 
Rae Lekness of Calgary and Shae Fournier of Winnipeg both registered a hat trick for the winners.
 
"We followed the game plan from start to finish and Jessica [Gaudreault] made a key save to preserve the lead for us," said head coach Andrew Robinson. "We got off to a great start. You could feel in the warm-up that the girls were fired up. Our next game will be quite a challenge but we're getting better every day."
 
In men's hoops, the Canucks defeated the United States 94-85 on Friday afternoon to qualify for the quarter-finals of the biennial tournament for the 19^th time in 21 all-time appearances.
 
With the win, Canada finished first in Pool C with a perfect 5-0 record. Australia (4-1) took second place and also advances to the quarters, while Team USA (3-2) is relegated to the consolation side of the draw.
 
The Canadians will now face Brazil Sunday at 6 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET), needing three more wins to capture the second FISU title in program history, 30 years after a memorable triumph in Edmonton. Over the years, the country has won nine Universiade medals in men's hoops, including silver two years ago in Shenzhen, China.
 
Brady Heslip of Bulrington, Ont., paced a balanced Canadian offence with 20 points, including 12 from beyond the arc. The Baylor University guard was leading the red and white in scoring for the fourth time in five games.
 
Ten Canadian players saw between 17 and 21 minutes of action, with seven of them scoring at least eight points.
 
"When you put us all in the line-up together there are a lot of mismatches, it's really fun to play with those guys," said Melvin Ejim of Brampton, Ont., who tied for a team-high seven rebounds and had a memorable two-handed breakaway dunk. "It's been a great opportunity to play with them and bring that spark to the games."
 
In beach volleyball, all three Canadian entries topped finishes from 2011 in Shenzhen, China, when the sport made its FISU Games debut. Two years ago, the highest Canadian finish was 13^th.
 
Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg placed fourth following a 2-0 (21-11, 21-14) loss to Chantal Laboureur and Julia Sude of Germany. In their semifinal earlier in the day, the Canadian duo had lost to Russia's Ekaterina Khomiakova and Evgeniya Ukolova, also in two sets (21-18, 21-19).
 
The Russian pair was ninth at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
 
Also on the women's side, Rachel Cockrell of Winnipeg and Charlotte Sider of Toronto finished 13^th with a 3-3 record, losing to the Czech Republic their final match Wednesday.
 
In the men's tournament, Grant O'Gorman of Toronto and Samuel Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., ended up in seventh position with an overall mark of 4-5 after a loss to the United States Friday morning.
 
In swimming, three Canadians finished an agonizing fourth in finals.
 
Eric Hedlin of Victoria finished the men's 1500m freestyle in 15:11.33 seconds. Tera Van Beilen of Oakville was second after the first 50 metres of the women's 100-breaststroke but faded to finish .22 back of third-place finisher Laura Sogar of the U.S., in 1:08.03. Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., touched the wall in 54.87 in the women's 100 free.
 
In men's soccer, Canada dropped a 4-1 quarter-final decision to host Russia in front of a boisterous crowd of over 6,000 at Rubin Stadium. The Canucks get back on the field Sunday at 8 p.m. local time (noon ET) against Ukraine in a consolation semifinal. They can still hope to finish as high as fifth.
 
"To play in that kind of atmosphere was an amazing experience. We'll remember this night our entire lives," said team captain Robbie Murphy of Ottawa, who scored his team's lone goal on a penalty in the 46^th minute. "We were a little nervous early on but we transformed that in positive energy. We were playing a great team, very skilled and fast. We were right there with them for 90 minutes and we can hold our heads up high."
 
In the women's basketball quarters, Canada fell out of medal contention following a 72-58 loss to Australia, Friday evening. Despite the loss, the red and white still has a chance to top its sixth-place finish from the 2011 FISU Games in Shenzhen, China. The team will be back on the court Saturday at 1 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) against Sweden.
 
The Canadian women put on a valiant effort but in the end were overmatched against a country that has medalled at each of the last four Universiades, including the FISU title in 2007 and three bronze.
 
In women's volleyball, Canada's first quarter-final appearance in 12 years ended in a straight-set loss to Thailand (25-17, 25-16, 26-24).
 
The Canadians now hope to finish in fifth place and begin their consolation run Saturday at 3 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) against Taiwan. Regardless of the outcome the rest of the way, it will be the country's best result in the sport at the FISU Games since an eighth-place finish in 2001 in Beijing.
 
In tennis, no Canadians remain in the main draw after Isade Juneau of Repentigny, Que., and Dominique Harmath of Toronto lost 3-6, 6-3,7-6 (11-9) in the round of 16 of the mixed doubles tournament.   
 
In fencing, Canada lost 45-20 to Italy in the round of 16 of the men's foil team competition.
 
In wrestling, Shawn Daye-Finley of Halifax and Michael Asselstine of Edmonton lost their opening bout – round of 16 – at 74kg and 60kg, respectively.
 
On the last day of weightlifting, Richard Gonsalves of Mississauga, Ont., placed 11^th at 96kg.
 
On the first day of shooting, Christine King of Prince Albert, Sask., and Kelsey Bjorkman of Fenton, Sask., couldn't advance past the qualification in the 10m air rifle.
 
FRIDAY, JULY 12 RESULTS
 
ATHLETICS
Women's 4X400m Relay – Final
1. Russia, 3:26.01; 2. Canada (Noelle Montcalm, Windsor, Ont.; Sarah Wells, Unionville, Ont.; Helen Crofts, West Vancouver, B.C.; Alicia Brown, Ottawa, Ont.), 3:32.93; 3. South Africa, 3:36.05.
 
Men's 4X400m Relay – Final
1. Russian, 3:03.70; 2. Canada (Michael Robertson, Williamstown, Ont.; Ben Ayesu-Attah, Coquitlam, B.C.; Brendon Rodney, Brampton, Ont.; Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont.) 3. South Africa, 3:06.19.
 
Men's 800m – Final
1. Nijel Amos, Botswana; 1:46.53; 2. Jozef Repcik, Slovakia, 1:47.30; 3. Andreas Vojta, Austria, 1:47.31; 7. Anthony Romaniw, Guelph, Ont., 1:49.04. 
 
Men's long jump – Final
1. Luis Rivera, Mexico, 8.46; 2. Alexander Menkov, Russia, 8.42; Marcos Chuva, Portugal, 8.15; 6. Taylor Stewart, London, Ont., 7.80.
 
Men's 5000m – Final
1. Hayle Ibrahimov, Azerbaijan, 13:35.89; 2. Paul Chelimo, Kenya, 13:37.09; 3. Richard Ringer, Germany, 13:37.18; 9. Lucas Bruchet, White Rock, B.C., 14:08.59; 12. Andrew Nixon, Guelph, Ont., 14:32.83.
 
Men's 4X100m Relay – Final
1. Ukraine, 38.56; 2. Japan, 39.12; 3. Poland, 39.29; QSQ Canada (Michael Robertson, Williamstown, Ont.; Oluwasegun Makinde, Ottawa, Ont.; Brendon Rodney, Brampton, Ont.; Sam Effah, Calgary, Alta.).
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (5-0) wins 94-85 over USA (3-2) in final Pool C match, advances to quarter-finals, will face Brazil (4-1) Sunday at 10 a.m. ET (6 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (1-3) loses 72-58 to Australia in quarter-finals, moves to consolation, will face Sweden (2-2) on Saturday 5 a.m. (1 p.m., Kazan)
 
MEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Playoffs Round 2
Canada (Grant O'Gorman, Toronto, Ont. / Samuel Pedlow, Barrie, Ont.) wins 2-0 over Germany 1, loses 2-0 to USA, does not advance.
 
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Semifinal
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont. / Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) loses 2-0 to Russia, moves to bronze medal match against Germany 1.
 
Bronze Medal
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont. / Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) loses 2-0 to Germany 1.
 
FENCING
Team Event – Men's Foil
Canada loses 45-20 to Italy in round of 16.
 
SHOOTING
Women's 10m Air Rifle – Qualification
27. Christine King, Prince Albert, Sask., 372-11x, does not advance; 57. Kelsey Bjorkman, Fenton, Sask., 352-1x, does not advance.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Canada (1-1-2) loses 4-1 to Russia (3-0-1) in quarter-finals, moves to consolation draw, will face Ukraine (1-2-1) Sunday at noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
SWIMMING
Men's 1500m Freestyle – Final
1. Sean Ryan, USA, 14:57.33; 2. Kohei Yamamoto, Japan, 15:00.15; 3. Sergii Frolov, Ukraine, 15:02.63; 4. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, B.C., 15:11.33.
 
Women's 100m Breaststroke – Final
1. Iulia Efimova, Russia, 1:05.48; 2. Fiona Doyle, Ireland, 1:07.66; 3. Laura Sogar, USA, 1:07.78; 4. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 1:08.03.
 
Women's 100m Freestyle – Final
1. Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Bulgaria, 53.50; 2. Veronika Popova, Russia, 54.12; Megan Romano, USA, 54.45; 4. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 54.87.
 
Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3
1. David Sharpe, Halifax, N.S., 1:59.67, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 4
4. Zack Chetrat, Oakville, Ont., 2:00.45, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 200m Butterfly – Semifinal 1
3. Zack Chetrat, Oakville, Ont., 1:59.44, advances to final.
 
Men's 200m Butterfly – Semifinal 2
6.  David Sharpe, Halifax, N.S., 1:59.99, does not advance.
 
Women's 200m Individual Medley – Heat 3
5. Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., 2:17.52, advances to semifinal; 6. Kathleen Caldwell, White Rock, B.C., 2:19. 84, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m Individual Medley – Semifinal 2
5. Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., 2:15.54, advances to final; 8. Kathleen Caldwell, White Rock, B.C., 2:21.09, does not advance.
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke – Heat 5
6. Jason Block, Calgary, Alta., 2:17.44, does not advance.
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke – Heat 6
4. Richard Funk, Edmonton Alta., 2:16.01, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke – Semifinal 2
7. Richard Funk, Edmonton Alta., 2:14.99, does not advance.
 
Women's 100m Backstroke – Heat 3
2. Brooklyn Snodgrass, Calgary, Alta., 1:02.03, advances to semifinal; 5. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, Que., 1:03.03, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 100m Backstroke – Semifinal 1
8. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, Que., 1:02.32, does not advance.
 
Women's 100 Backstroke – Semifinal 2
8. Brooklyn Snodgrass, Calgary, Alta., 1:02.40, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m Backstroke – Heat 5
2. Kelly Aspinall, Nanoose Bay, B.C., 26.00, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m Backstroke, - Heat 7
6. Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., 26.18, does not advance.
 
TENNIS
Mixed doubles – Round of 16
Isade Juneau, Repentigny, Que. / Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., lose 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) to Jisung Nam / Mina Hwa Yu, South Korea, do not advance.
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Kristina Sanjevic, Edmonton, Alta., wins 6-4, 6-1 over Elsa Pellegrinelli, France, will play Susan Yates, USA, Saturday at 3 a.m. ET (11:30 a.m. Kazan).
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Christina Rustscheff, Toronto, Ont., wins 6-4, 6-4 over Yan Tung Ki, Hong Kong, will play Sunday, TBD.
 
Men's Singles – Consolation
Phil Anderson, Halifax, N.S., wins 6-1, 6-2 over Cristhian Herrera, Colombia, will play Jacobus Serdyn, Namibia, Saturday at 1:45 a.m. ET (9:45 a.m. Kazan)
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (1-2) loses 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 26-24) to Thailand (4-0) in quarter-finals, moves to consolation, will play Taiwan (2-2) Saturday at 7 a.m. ET (3 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (3-1) wins 9-8 over France (1-2-1) in quarter-finals, moves to semifinals, will play Hungary (3-0-1) noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan)
 
WRESTLING
Men's 74kg - Round of 16
Shawn Daye-Finley, Halifax, N.S., loses 5-0 to Somirsho Vokhidov, Tijikistan, does not advance.
 
Men's 60kg – Round of 16
Michael Asselstine, Edmonton, Alta., loses 4-0 to Vasyl Shuptar, Urkaine, does not advance.
 
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men's 96kg – Overall Final
1. Alexandr Ivanov, Russia, 395; 2. Alexandr Zaichikov, Kazakhstan, 375; 3. Kendrick Farris, USA, 372; 11. Richard Gonsalves, Mississauga, Ont., 294.
 
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 7 (July 11)
 
July 11, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – Canada's medal count is up to eight at the 27^th Summer Universiade thanks to Katherine Savard's silver in swimming and Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau's bronze in weightlifting, on Thursday.
 
Other highlights from the seventh day of competition included men's volleyball qualifying for the quarter-finals and beach volleyball advancing to the semis (women) and quarters (men).
 
Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., finished second in the women's 50-metre butterfly. The 20-year-old claimed her first international medal in a time of 26.05 seconds and broke her own Canadian record of 26.20 she set in June.
 
"It was close," said Savard, who also swam at last year's Summer Olympics in London. "I beat my own record (so) I am more happy about that.
 
"It's a good feeling to race in the big pool in international events."
 
Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus won the race in 25.84 seconds. Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., was eighth in 26.85.
 
Savard has the potential to add to her tally. She is ranked second in the world in the 100-metre fly, which begins Saturday.
 
"I will try to do my best time," said Savard. "I can not control what the other swimmers are doing. I will see if I can win another medal."
 
Kelly Aspinall just missed the podium in the 50-metre butterfly. The 23-year-old from Nanoose Bay, B.C., finished fourth in a Canadian record time of 23.52 seconds, just .14 behind third place. His time bettered the old national mark of 23.66 set by Thomas Kindler back in July 2009.
 
"It's kind of bittersweet," said Aspinall, who has come close to breaking the record several times.  "I wanted to get the medal first of all. To miss out on it by that much was kind of frustrating.
 
Geneviève Cantin of Quebec City was fifth in the women's 200m backstroke (2:11.78), while Richard Funk of Edmonton was eighth in the men's 100m breastroke (1:01.35).
 
In weightlifting, Beauchemin-Nadeau of Candiac, Que., finished third in the minus 75-kilogram category. The 2012 Olympian reached the podium for the second straight FISU Games as she had captured bronze at -69kg in 2011 in Shenzhen, China, when the sport made its Universiade debut.
 
"My performance today wasn't as good as I had hoped but the goal was to win the bronze medal and I got it, so I'm really happy about that," said the University of Sherbrooke medicine student. "This was kind of a test for me after moving up to 75 kilos. It was my first international competition in that category and overall it went well."
 
The Canadian was third after the snatch with 103kg and added 130kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 233.
 
Russia's Olga Zubova (120-159-279) overcame teammate Nadezhda Evstyukhina (123-155-278) in the clean and jerk to win gold with a Universiade record of 279kg. Evstyukhina claimed bronze in the event at the 2008 Olympics.
 
Beauchemin-Nadeau, who was eighth at -69kg last summer in London and was a silver medallist at -75kg at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, will compete in her fourth senior world championships in October in Wroclaw, Poland (Oct. 16-27).
 
In men's volleyball, the Canucks were facing a must-win in their Pool D finale against the Czech Republic and they delivered with a four-set victory on scores of 26-24, 25-14, 21-25 and 25-17.
 
One of the favourites heading into the tournament following top-six finishes at each of the last three FISU Games, Canada ended up second in the group with a 3-1 record and will face undefeated Ukraine Saturday at 10 a.m. ET (6 p.m. Kazan) in the quarter-finals.
 
In a crucial opening frame, the Canadians overcame a 17-12 deficit to steal the set. Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., led the way on attack with a match-high 15 kills.
 
In beach volleyball, Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg won three of four matches on the day, the most important coming in the evening's quarter-finals against Thailand, which pushed the Canadians to three sets.
 
Humana-Paredes and Pischke are in tough Friday 8 a.m. ET (4 p.m. Kazan) when they battle host Russia on centre court with a spot in the FISU final on the line.
 
On the men's side, Grant O'Gorman of Toronto and Samuel Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., recovered from a morning loss with victories over China and Norway. They find now themselves in the quarter-finals, where they will take on Germany 1 Friday at 1 a.m. ET (9 a.m. Kazan). 
 
In men's basketball, Canada (4-0) dominated the Czech Republic 87-56 and sits in first place in its group heading into Friday's much-anticipated clash with the USA (3-1) in the Pool C finale for both teams. Australia, which upset the Americans on Thursday, is also in the mix for a spot in the quarters.
 
Kevin Pangos of Holland Landing, Ont., paced the offence with 17 points, while Daniel Mullings of Toronto chipped in 15.
The Canada-USA duel can be seen live on www.fisu.tv at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan).
 
In athletics, Canada was represented in two finals on Thursday, which also marked the end of the heptathlon. 
 
In the women's shot put Julie Labonté of Sainte-Justine, Que., placed sixth with a throw of 17.60 metres, while Chelsea Whalen of Liverpool, N.S., finished 11^th (15.52). In the men's pole vault, Shawnacy Barber of Toronto jumped 5.15 to take 11^th place. 
 
Rachael McIntosh of Bridgewater, N.S., finished the heptathlon in ninth position with a total score of 5,589 points.
 
In tennis, Isade Juneau of Repentigny, Que., and Dominique Harmath of Toronto reached the round of 16 in mixed doubles thanks to a 6-4, 6-2 win over their rivals from Madagascar. They will get back on the court Friday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan) against a pair from South Korea.
 
In wrestling, it was a tough first day on the mat for the red and white as all three Canadians in action were defeated in their opening bout, including Steven Takahashi of London, Ont. (55kg), Brian Hutton of Calgary (66kg) and Jordan Steen of Ottawa (84kg).
 
Hutton was invited back to the competition through repechage but lost 4-0 to Ajhahuseyn Mustafayev of Azerbaijan.  
 
In fencing, Canada lost 45-39 to Portugal in the round of 32 of the men's epee team tournament.
 
Finally, in women's soccer, Canada downed China 2-1 in its first match on the consolation side of the draw. Heather Lund of Red Deer, Alta., scored twice for the second game in a row for the Canadians, who will face Estonia on Saturday.
 
THURSDAY, JULY 11 RESULTS
 
ATHLETICS
Women's shot put – Final
1. Irina Tarasova, Russia, 18.75; 2. Xiangrong Liu, China, 18.58; 3. Natalia Duco, Chile, 17.96; 6. Julie Labonte, Sainte-Justine, Que., 17.60; 11. Chelsea Whalen, Liverpool, N.S., 15.52.
 
Men's pole vault – Final
1. Gavin Kendricks, USA, 5.60; 2. Seito Yamamoto, Japan, 5.60m; 3. Nikita Filippov, Kazakhstan, 5.50; 11. Shawnacy Barber, Toronto, Ont., 5.15.
 
Women's heptathlon – Day 2 of 2 (after 7 events)
1. Tatiana Chernova, Russia, 6623; 2. Laura Ikauniece, Latvia, 6321; 3. Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungary, 6269; 8. Rachael McIntosh, Bridgewater, N.S., 5589 (100m hurdles, 14.29, 938 pts; high jump, 1.65, 795 pts; shot put, 12.38, 686 pts; 200m, 25.58, 834 pts; long jump, 5.69, 756 pts; javelin, 39.69, 661 pts; 800m, 2:13.18, 919 pts).
 
Men's long jump – Qualification B
3. Taylor Stewart, London, Ont., 7.62, advances to final.
 
Men's 110m hurdles – Heat 3
5. Matthew Brisson, St. Thomas, Ont., 14.16, does not advance.
 
Men's 4X100m Relay – Round 1 Heat 2
1. Canada (Michael Robertson, Williamstown, Ont.; Oluwasegun Makinde, Ottawa, Ont.; Brendon Rodney, Brampton, Ont.; Sam Effah, Calgary, Alta.), 39.64, advances to final.
 
Men's 4X400m Relay – Round 1 Heat 1
1. Canada (Ben Ayesu-Attah, Coquitlam, B.C.; Brendon Rodney, Brampton, Ont.; Michael Robertson, Williamstown, Ont.; Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont.), 3:07.14, advances to final.
 
Men's 800m – Semifinal Heat 1
1. Anthony Romaniw, Guelph, Ont., 1:47.44, advances to final.
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (4-0) wins 87-56 over Czech Republic (1-3) in fourth Pool C match, will face USA (3-1) Friday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan) in final preliminary game.
 
MEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Playoffs Round 1
Canada (Grant O'Gorman, Toronto, Ont. / Samuel Pedlow, Barrie, Ont.) loses 2-0 to Germany 2.
 
Playoffs Round 2
Canada (Grant O'Gorman, Toronto, Ont. / Samuel Pedlow, Barrie, Ont.) wins 2-0 over China, wins 2-0 over Norway, advances to quarter-finals and will play Germany 1 Friday at 1 a.m. ET (9 a.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Playoffs Round 2
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont. / Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) loses 2-0 to Poland, wins 2-0 over Austria, wins 2-0 over China, advances to quarter-finals.
 
Quarter-finals
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont. / Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) wins 2-1 over Thailand, will play Russia Friday at 8 a.m. ET (4 p.m. Kazan) in semifinals.
 
FENCING
Team Event – Men's Epee
Canada loses 45-39 to Portugal in round of 32, does not advance.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Canada (2-2-0) wins 2-1 over China (0-3-1) in first consolation match, will face Estonia Saturday at noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
SWIMMING
Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 4
4. Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont., 1:53.10, does not advance.
 
Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 7
6. Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., 1:50.79, does not advance.
 
Women's 100m Breaststroke – Heat 4
5. Tianna Rissling, Redcliffe, Alta., 1:09.91, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 100m Breaststroke – Heat 5
2. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 1:09.21, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 100m Breaststroke – Semifinal 1
1. Tera Van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 1:08.54, advances to final; 6. Tianna Rissling, Redcliffe, Alta., 1:09.66, does not advance.
 
Men's 200m Individual Medley – Heat 5
3. Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., 2:03.14, advances to semifinal; 6. Steven Bielby, Pointe-Claire, Que., 2:04.10, does not advance.
 
Men's 200m Individual Medley – Semifinal 2
6. Alec Page, Cortes Island, B.C., 2:03.26, does not advance.
 
Women's 100m Freestyle – Heat 6
2. Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, Rouyn-Noranda, Que., 56.02; advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 100m Freestyle – Heat 7
2. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 55.69, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 100m Freestyle – Semifinal 2
3. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 54.92, advances to final
 
Men's 1500m Freestyle – Heat 2
2. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, B.C., 15:18.31, advances to final.
 
Men's 1500m Freestyle – Heat 3
2. William Brothers, Victoria, B.C., 15:25.61, does not advance.
 
Men's 50m butterfly – Final
1. Andrii Govorov, Ukraine, 23.28; 2. Yauhen Tsurkin, Bulgaria, 23.28; 3. Piero Codia, Italy; 4. Kelly Aspinall, Nanoose Bay, B.C., 23.52; 8. Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont., 24.28.
 
Women's 50m butterfly – Final
1. Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Bulgaria; 2. Katerine Savard, Cap-Rouge, Que., 26.05; 3. Elena Gemo, Italy, 26.28; 8. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 26.85.
 
Men's 100m breaststroke – Final
1. Yasuhiro Koseki, Japan, 1:00.00; 2. Mihail Alexandrov, USA, 1:00.30; 3. Edoardo Giorgetti, Italy, 1:00.36; 8. Richard Funk, Edmonton, Alta., 1:01.35.
 
Women's 200m backstroke – Final
1. Madison Wilson, Australia, 2:09.22; 2. Daryna Zevina, Ukraine, 2:09.41; 3. Hayle White, Australia, 2 :09.84; 5. Genevieve Cantin, Quebec City, Que., 2:11.78.
 
TENNIS
Men's singles – Round of 32
Isade Juneau, Repentigny, Que., loses 6-3, 6-1 to Ray Sarmiento, USA, does not advance.
 
Mixed doubles – Round of 32
Isade Juneau, Repentigny, Que. / Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., wins 6-4, 6-2 over Vatsy Rakotondramanga / Hariniony Andriamananarivo, Madagascar, will play South Korea Friday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan).
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., wins 6-0, 6-0 over Nzingah Banks, Anguilla, will play Saturday (time TBD).
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Kristina Sanjevic, Edmonton, Alta., wins 6-2, 6-2 over Kaitlyn Christian, USA, will play France Friday 1:45 a.m. (9:45 a.m. Kazan).
 
Women's Singles – Consolation
Christina Rustscheff, Toronto, Ont., wins 6-0, 6-0 over Ireen Chilamwa, Malawi, will play Hong Kong Friday 2:45 a.m. (10:45 a.m. Kazan)
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (3-1) wins 3-1 (26-24, 25-14, 21-25, 25-17) over Czech Republic (3-1). Finishes second in Pool D and will play Ukraine (3-0) Saturday at 10 a.m. ET (6 p.m. Kazan) in quarter-finals.
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (1-4) loses 20-3 to Australia (2-3) in final Pool D match, will play first consolation match Saturday (TBD).
 
WRESTLING
Men's 55kg - Round of 16
Steven Takahashi, London, Ont., loses 4-0 to Fumitaka Monshita, Japan, does not advance.
 
Men's 66kg – Round of 16
Brian Hutton, Calgary, Alta., loses 4-0 to Magomed Kurbanaliev, Russia, move on to repechage, loses 4-0 to Aghahuseyn Mustafayev, Azerbaijan, does not advance.
 
Men's 84kg – Round of 16
Jordan Steen, Ottawa, Ont., loses 4-1 to Piotr Ianulov, Moldova, does not advance.
 
WEIGHTLIFTING
Women's 75kg – Overall Final
1. Olga Zubova, Russia, 279; 2. Nadezhda Evstyukhina, Russia, 278; 3. Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau, Candiac, Que., 233.
 
Men's 85kg – Overall Final
1. Apti Aukhadov, Russia, 372; Artem Okulov, Russia, 371; Gheorghii Cernei, Moldova, 360; Mathieu Marineau, St-Jérôme, Que., fails to record score.
 
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 6 (July 10)
 
July 10, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – Canada exploded for four medals Wednesday on the sixth day of competition at the 27^th Summer Universiade, reaching the podium in athletics, artistic gymnastics and swimming. It was also a big day in team sports for the red and white as three squads booked their ticket for the quarter-finals.
 
At the track, sprinter Kimberly Hyacinthe of Terrebonne, Que., earned Canada's first gold in Kazan – and the first at the biennial FISU Games since 2009 - thanks to a personal-best time of 22.78 seconds in the women's 200 metres final.
 
No Canadians had reached the top of the podium in 2011 in Shenzhen, China.
 
In women's artistic gymnastics, Ellie Black, a 2012 Olympian from Halifax, placed second in the floor final and third in the beam.
 
At the pool, the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team of Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., Caroline Lapierre-Lemire of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Paige Schultz of Toronto and Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., captured bronze.
 
In team competition, Canada advanced out of pool play in men's soccer, women's water polo and women's basketball. Those sports join women's volleyball, which was first to qualify for the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
 
Hyacinthe, a University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) student, made double history with her triumph in the 200m. She became the first Canadian female to win individual gold in athletics at the FISU Games and is also the first Team Canada member – female or male – to capture two Universiade gold medals in track and field. She was part of the winning 4x400 relay in 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia.
 
"I'm happy to have the first gold medal for Canada and I believe there's more to come," said a smiling Hyacinthe following the race, which she won by two tenths of a second. "I think I came off the corner second, so I knew I was good to go because the last stretch is my strength.
 
"The track is great, the people are great – it's been more than we could ask for."
 
Hanna-Maari Latvala of Finland (22.98) and Andreea Luiza Ograzeanu of Romania (23.10) claimed silver and bronze, respectively, while Shai-Anne Davis, of Richmond, B.C., finished just outside the podium in 23.12. All posted personal bests on the night.
 
Hyacinthe was going into the final with the best time of the preliminaries, 23.27. Her previous PB was 22.79.
 
In addition to the women's 200m, Canadians competed in four finals Wednesday at Central Stadium.
 
In a field full of world-class gymnasts, Black's performance in the floor routine final landed her a silver medal after scoring 13.750. She added bronze at the beam with a 14.400 score.
 
Before today, Canada's only FISU Games medal in women's artistic gymnastics was a third-place finish by Anita Botnen at the beam 30 years ago in Edmonton. Canadian women had not competed in the sport at the Universiade since 1999.
 
"It's incredible and I'm so happy," Black, who took part in two other individual finals over the last two days, taking fourth place in both the all-around on Tuesday and the vault Wednesday. "In my vault final, I didn't medal but that was still the highlight because I've landed one vault I've never competed before. This has been amazing to represent Canada so well. I am so proud and to bring home medals is incredible."
 
On the first day of the swimming competition, Canada competed in four finals, including the bronze medal-winning women's relay, which touched the wall in 3:40.71.
 
Russian took the gold in a Universiade record time of 3:38.15 with the United States just 0.45 behind.
 
"I think the goal of the whole day was to medal," said MacLean, a 2012 Olympian. "It's great to bring home a medal on the first night and get the ball rolling for Team Canada's success at this meet.
 
"Going into the next few days I think people are excited. We're capable of being up there with the rest of the world and we are going to be a force to reckon with the rest of the week."
 
In men's soccer, a goal on a penalty by captain Robbie Murphy of Ottawa in the 59^th minute gave Canada a 1-1 draw with powerhouse Brazil. The Canucks (1-0-2) end pool play in second place in their group and face host Russia Friday at noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan) in the quarters.
 
Canada had advanced to the playoffs only once in the past in men's soccer at the FISU Games, finishing fourth in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.
 
In women's water polo, the Canadians (2-1) beat Japan 13-7 to end the preliminary round in second place. They face France Friday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan) in the quarter-finals.
 
Shae Fournier of Winnipeg, Kelly McKee of Calgary and Alexa Tielmann of Abbotsford, B.C., all registered hat tricks against the Japanese side.
 
In women's basketball, despite a second loss in three pool matches, this time 72-67 to Taiwan, Canada advanced to the Final Eight thanks to an upset win by Japan over Ukraine. The red and white battles undefeated Australia (3-0) Friday at 10 a.m. ET (6 p.m. Kazan).
 
Rachelle Coward of Dartmouth, N.S., led the way with 13 points for the Canadians, who were down by as much as 28 in the third quarter before mounting a furious comeback.
 
Jay Triano's men's basketball squad was also victorious on Wednesday, moving to 3-0 thanks to a come-from-behind 92-83 victory over Australia. Canada can clinch a spot in the quarter-finals Thursday against the Czech Republic.
 
Brady Heslip of Burlington, Ont., was the top scorer for the third consecutive match with 18 points.
 
Meanwhile, Canada lost in women's volleyball, a straight-setter against Brazil, and in men's water polo, 13-4 to Hungary.
 
The Canadian women had already clinched their spot in the volleyball quarter-finals on Tuesday. They will open the Round of 8 Friday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan) against Thailand.
 
In beach volleyball, Canada continued to impress in both women's and men's.
 
The undefeated duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg beat Germany to advance to the quarters, where they play a team from Poland Thursday at 1 a.m. ET (9 a.m. Kazan).
 
On the men's side, Grant O'Gorman of Toronto and Samuel Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., dropped their final preliminary match 2-0 to Germany but rebounded with a 2-0 win over France in their first playoff contest. They will resume play in the Round of 16 on Thursday.
 
In tennis, the Canucks didn't have the best of day losing all three of their matches, including Christiaan Lee-Daigle of Tecumseh, Ont., who was defeated 6-4, 6-2 by top-seeded Konstantin Kravchuk of Russia.
 
In weightlifting, the best Canadian result came from Kristel Ngarlem of Montreal, who placed 12^th in the women's 69kg competition.
 
Finally in fencing, Canada couldn't advance past the Round of 32 in women's team epee and men's team sabre.
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 RESULTS

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – WOMEN
Individual vault – Final
1. Un Jong Hong, North Korea, 15.125; 2. Kseniia Afanaseva, Russia, 15.125; 3. Maria Paseka, Russia, 14.950; 4. Elisabeth Black, Halifax, N.S., 14.862.
 
Individual beam – Final
1. Yelinzi Zhang, China, 15.150; 2. Aliya Mustafina, Russia, 14.525; 3. Elisabeth Black, Halifax, N.S., 14.400.
 
Individual floor – Final
1. Kseniia Afanaseva, Russia, 14.350; 2. Elisabeth Black, Halifax, N.S., 13.750; 2. Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas, Mexico, 13.750.
 
ATHLETICS
Women's shot put – Qualification Group A
4. Chelsea Whalen, Liverpool, N.S., 15.36, advances to final.
 
Women's shot put – Qualification Group B
4. Julie Labonte, Sainte-Justine, Que., 17.46, advances to final.
 
Women's 1500m – Heat 2
7. Annie Leblanc, Repentigny, Que., 4 :28.10, does not advance.
 
Men's 800m – Heat 3
2. Anthony Romaniw, Guelph, Ont., 1:51.41, advances to final.
 
Women's heptathlon – Day 1 of 2 (after 4 events)
10. Rachael McIntosh, Bridgewater, N.S., 3253 (100m hurdles, 14.29, 938 pts; high jump, 1.65, 795 pts; shot put, 12.38, 686 pts; 200m, 25.58, 834 pts)
 
Women's 200m – Semifinal Heat 1
1. Kimberly Hyacinthe, Montreal, Que., 23.27, advances to final.
 
Women's 200 – Semifinal Heat 2
2. Shai-Anne Davis, Richmond, B.C., 23.33 advances to final
 
Women's 200m – Final
1. Kimberly Hyacinthe, Montreal, Que., 22.78; 2. Hanna-Maari Latvala, Finland, 22.98; 3. Andreea Ograzeanu, Romania, 23.10; 4. Shai-Anne Davis, Richmond, B.C., 23.12.
 
Men's 200m – Semifinal Heat 1
2. Oluwasegun Victor Makinde, Brampton, Ont., 20.48, advances to final.
 
Men's 200m – Semifinal Heat 2
2. Brendon Justin Rodney, Brampton, Ont., 20.71, advances to final.
 
Men's 200m – Final
1. Anaso Jobodwana, South Africa, 20.00; 2. Rasheed Dwyer, Jamaica, 20.23; 3. Shota Iizuka, Japan, 20.33; 4. Oluwasegun Victor Makinde, Brampton, Ont., 20.61; 5. Brendon Justin Rodney, Brampton, Ont., 20.72.
 
Women's hammer throw – Final
1. Jeneva McCall, USA, 73.75; 2. Oxana Kondratyeva, Russia, 72.22; 3. Zalina Marghieva, Moldova; 15. Kristin Obrochta, Mississauga, 56.76; -. Jillian Weir, Kingston, Ont., no mark.
 
Women's high jump – Qualification
6. Emma Kimoto, Richmond, B.C, 1.80, does not advance; 9. Michelle Theophille, Whitby, Ont., 1.80, does not advance.
 
Men's javelin – Final
1. Dmitry Tarabin, Russia, 83.11; 2. John Oosthuizen, South Africa, 81.63; 3. Fatih Avan, Turkey, 81.24; 10. Kyle Nielsen Coquitlam, B.C., 74.61.
 
Women's 3000m steeplechase – Final
1. Yulia Zaripova, Russia, 9:28.00; 2. Svitlana Shmidt, Ukraine, 9:40.41; 3. Gulcan Mingir, Turkey, 9:45.88; 4. Chantelle Ann Groenewoud, North Vancouver, 9:51.17; Jessica Furlan, Regina, Sask., 9:51.23.
 
Women's pole vault – Final
1. Anastasia Savchenko, Russia, 4.60; 2. Martina Schultze, Germany, 4.40; 3. Fanny Smets, Belgium, 4.30; 10. Lindsey Bergevin, Leduc, Alta., 4.00; 11. Robin Bone, Toronto, Ont., 3.85.
 
Men's 5000m – Heat 1
4. Andrew Nixon, Guelph, Ont., 14:04.08, advances to final
 
Men's 5000m- Heat 2
4. Lucas Bruchet, White Rock, B.C., 14:21.79, advances to final
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (3-0) wins 92-83 over Australia (2-1) in third Pool C match, will face Czech Republic (1-2) Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (1-2) loses 72-67 to Taiwan (3-0) in final Pool C match, advances to quarter-finals, will face Australia (3-0) Friday at 10 a.m. ET (6:00 p.m. Kazan)
 
MEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Canada (Grant O'Gorman, Toronto, Ont./Samuel Pedlow, Barrie, Ont.) lose 2-0 to Germany, finish preliminary with 2-1 record. Advanced to playoff round 1, wins 2-0 over France, advance to playoff round 2, will play Thursday against Germany at 4 a.m. ET (12 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont./Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) wins 2-0 over Germany in playoff round 2, advances to quarter-finals, will play Thursday against Poland at 1 a.m. ET (9 a.m. Kazan).
 
Canada 2 (Rachel Cockrell, Winnipeg, Man./Charlotte Sider, Toronto, Ont.) loses 2-0 to Thailand in playoffs round 2, wins 2-0 over Philippines in playoff round 2, advances to quarter-finals, loses 2-1 to Czech Republic, finish 13^th.
 
FENCING
Team Event – Women's Epee
Canada loses 45-29 to Kazakhstan in round of 32, eliminated
 
Team Event – Men's Sabre
Canada loses 45-43 to Hong Kong in round of 32, eliminated
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Canada (1-0-2) played to a 1-1 draw with Brazil (1-0-2) in final match of Pool D match, advances to quarter-finals, will play Russia (2-1-0) Friday at 12 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
SWIMMING
Men's 400m freestyle – Heat 4
2. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, B.C., 3:53.35, advances to final; 4. Frank Despond, Waterdown, Ont., 3:53.62, does not advance.
 
Men's 400m freestyle – Final
1. Ryan Napolean, Australia, 3:48.96; 2. Kohei Yamamoto, Japan, 3:49.03; 3. Fumiya Hdaka, Japan, 3:50.63; 6. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, B.C., 3:52.01
 
Women's 50m butterfly – Heat 7
1. Katerine Savard, Cap-Rouge, Que., 26.36, advances to semifinal; 3. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 26.92, advances to semifinal
 
Women's 50m butterfly – Semifinal 2
1. Katerine Savard, Cap-Rouge, Que., 26.34, advances to final; 4. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 26.70, advances to final.
 
Men's 100m backstroke – Heat 6
7. Kelly Aspinall, Nanoose Bay, B.C., 56.24, does not advance.
 
Men's 100m backstroke – Heat 7
6. Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., 55.54, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 100m backstroke – Semifinal 2
5. Russell Wood, Calgary, Alta., 54.86, does not advance.
 
Women's 400m IM – Heat 1
2. Marni Oldershaw, Oakville, Ont., 4:48.34, advances to final
 
Women's 400m IM – Heat 3
3. Tianna Rissling, Redcliff, Alta., 4:47.36, advances to final
 
Women's 400m IM – Final
1. Yana Martynova, Russia, 4 :39.02; 2. Meghan Hawthorne, USA, 4 :40.40; 3. Sakiko Shimizu, Japan, 4 :42.09; 5. Marni Oldershaw, Oakville, Ont., 4 :44.47; 6. Tianna Rissling, Redcliff, Alta., 4:44.62.
 
Men's 100m breaststroke – Heat 6
2. Richard Funk, Edmonton, Alta., 1:01.54, advances to semifinal; 6. Jason Block, Calgary, Alta., 1:02.22, advances to semifinal
 
Men's 100m breaststroke – Semifinal 1
4. Richard Funk, Edmonton, Alta., 1:01.25, advances to final; 6. Jason Block, Calgary, Alta., 1:01.95, does not advance.
 
Women's 200m backstroke – Heat 3
4. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, Que., 2:14.65, advances to semifinal.
 
Women's 200m backstroke – Heat 4
3. Genevieve Cantin, Quebec City, Que., 2:14.02, advances to semifianl.
 
Women's 200m backstroke – Semifinal 1
7. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, Que., 2:14.54, does not advance.
 
Women's 200m backstroke – Semifinal 2
4. Genevieve Cantin, Quebec City, Que., 2:11.72, advances to final.
 
Men's 50m butterfly – Heat 5
1. Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont., 24.19, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 50m butterfly – Heat 8
1. Kelly Aspinall, Nanoose Bay, B.C., 23.90, advances to semifinal.
 
Men's 50m butterfly – Semifinal 1
5. Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont., 24.06, advances to final.
 
Men's 50m butterfly – Semifinal 2
3. Kelly Aspinall, Nanoose Bay, B.C., 23.75, advances to final.
 
Women's 4X100m freestyle relay – Heat 2
3. Canada (Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont.), 3:41.41, advances to final.
 
Women's 4X100m freestyle relay – Final
1. Russia, 3 :38.15; 2. USA, 3 :38.60; 3. Canada (Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Paige Schultz, Toronto, Ont., Brittany MacLean, Etobicoke, Ont.), 3:40.71.
 
Men's 4X100m freestyle relay – Heat 4
3. Canada (Thomas Gossland, Nanaimo, B.C.,; Christopher Manning, Brantford, Ont.,; Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont.,; Dominique Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont.), 3:20.94, advances to final.
 
Men's 4X100m freestyle relay – Final
1. Russia, 3:10.88; 2. Australia, 3:16.33; 3. Italy, 3:16.64; 7. Canada (Thomas Gossland, Nanaimo, B.C.,; Christopher Manning, Brantford, Ont.,; Coleman Allen, Barrie, Ont.,; Dominique Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont.), 3:20.50.
 
TENNIS
Men's singles – round of 32
Christiaan Lee-Daigle, Tecumseh, Ont., loses 6-4, 6-2 to Konstantin Kravchuk, Russia, does not advance.
 
Women's doubles – Round 1
Kristina Sanjevic, Edmonton, Alta,/Christina Rustscheff loses 6-3, 6-2 to Fabiana Chiaparini/Fernanda Chiaparini, Brazil, does not advance.
 
Men's Doubles – Round 1
Phillip Anderson, Halifax, N.S., /Christiaan Lee-Daigle, Tecumseh, Ont., lose 6-3, 6-4 to Aliaksandr Bury/Andrei Vasilevski, Belarus, does not advance.
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (1-1) loses 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-13) to Brazil (2-0) in final preliminary match, advances to quarter-finals, will play Thailand (3-0) Friday at 5 a.m. ET (1p.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (1-3) loses 14-3 to Hungary (3-1) in fourth preliminary match, will play Australia (1-3) Thursday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan)
 
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (2-1) wins 13-7 over Japan (0-3), advances to quarter-finals, will face France (1-1-1) Friday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan)
 
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men's 77kg – Overall Final
1. Rasoul Taghian Chadegani, Iraq, 355; 2. Ulugbek Alimov, Uzbekistan, 351; 3. Dmitriy Khomyakov, Russia, 351; 16. Francis Luna-Grenier, Montreal, Que., 283; 17. Jerome Boisclair, Sherbrooke, Que., 275.
 
Women's 69kg – Overall Final
1. Ozana Slivenko, Russia, 242; 2. Wan-ting Hung, Taiwan, 224; 3. Manzurahan Mamasaliyeva, Uzbekistan; 12. Kristel Ngarlem, Montreal, Que., 187; 14. Rachel Anne Siemens, Vancouver, B.C., 184.
 
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 5 (July 9)
 
July 9, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – Canada got on the board on the fifth day of competition at the 27^th Summer Universiade with a pair of medals in athletics.
 
Tuesday in Kazan started with a trio of race walkers from British Columbia, including Inaki Gomez of Vancouver, Ben Thorne of Kitimat and Evan Dunfee of Richmond, claiming team bronze in the men's 20km. In the evening session, Jeremy Rae of Fort Erie, Ont., added silver the men's 1500m. 
 
Gomez, Thorne and Dunfee's combined time of four hours, 20 minutes and 35 seconds left them behind only Russia (4:04:31) and Ukraine (4:08:09).
 
Gomez, a 2012 Olympian, was the first Canadian to cross the finish line in a time of 1:22:29, which was good for fifth position in the individual standings. He had also placed fifth in the event at the 2011 FISU Games in Shenzhen, China.
 
Thorne was 16^th in a personal best 1:26:59, while Dunfee was 21^st in 1:31:07.
 
Russia's Andrey Krivov won individual gold thanks to a Universiade record time of 1:20:47. He was followed at the line by Rusian Dmytrenko of Ukraine (1:20:54) and Russian teammate Denis Strelkov (1:21:32).
 
The medal ceremony is set for 5:45 p.m. local time (9:45 a.m. ET).
 
"It's an honour to win Canada's first medal in Kazan," said Gomez, who competed for the University of British Columbia until 2010 and now attends law school at the University of Calgary. "The team event is neat because it adds a whole other dynamic to the competition.
 
"This was a very strong field, lots of Olympians, including Krivov and Dmytrenko," added Gomez, who was 13^th in the event last summer in London with a time of 1:20.58. "I was four minutes faster today than in Shenzhen."
 
The trio will be back in Russia next month for the IAAF world athletics championships in Moscow (August 10-18). Gomez and Thorne will compete in the 20km, while Dunfee qualified for the 50km event.  
 
In the men's 1500, Rae was sixth heading into the final lap but mounted a spectacular comeback to finish in 3:39.45, only six hundredths of a second behind Valentin Smirnov of Russia. 
 
Ross Proudfoot of Sudbury, Ont., was ninth at the line in 3:44.33. 
 
Rae became the first Canadian to medal in the event at the FISU Games since Olympian Dave Bailey captured silver in 1967 in Tokyo.
 
"I'm really confident in my ability to explode. I've had great finishes all season, Rae said as he stepped off the podium. With 200 metres to go, I tripped when another runner cut in front of me, but it didn't stop me. I think I would have had a good shot at gold, but I'm happy I got silver."
 
Other Canadians in athletics finals on Tuesday included Sarah Wells of Unionville, Ont., fourth in the women's 400m hurdles; Alicia Brown of Ottawa, fifth in the women's 400m; Jessica Smith of North Vancouver, B.C., sixth in the women's 800m; Helen Crofts of West Vancouver, B.C., seventh in the women's 800m; Daniel Harper of Brampton, Ont., eighth in the men's 400m; and Patrick Arbour of Ottawa, who completed the decathlon in eighth place.
 
In women's artistic gymnastics, Ellie Black of Halifax also finished just outside the podium in the individual all-around final. The 2012 Olympian was second heading into the final event but a sub-par floor routine cost her two positions.
 
"It's disappointing. I was having a very solid day before the floor. But these things happen over the course of a gymnastics competition," said black, who will compete in three more finals on Wednesday, including vault, beam and floor. "Hopefully I can win a medal tomorrow. The vault is definitely one of my strengths."   
 
In women's soccer, Canada (1-2) blanked China (0-2-1) 4-0 in its final preliminary round match but it wasn't enough to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 12-team tournament as the result left the red and white in third place in Pool B behind Mexico (3-0) and Ireland (1-1-1).
 
Heather Lund of Red Deer, Alta., scored twice from the penalty spot, Jackie Tessier from Winnipeg also found the back of the net, and an own goal by China rounded out the scoring.
 
The Canucks will play their first consolation game on Thursday.
 
In women's basketball, Canada (1-1) held a 48-43 lead heading into the fourth quarter but couldn't hold on and dropped a heartbreaking 59-57 decision to Ukraine (1-1). The Canadians face a must-win situation Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. Kazan) when they wrap up pool play against Taiwan (2-0), the 2011 Universiade silver medallist.
 
Miah-Marie Langlois of Windsor, Ont., led the way in the losing effort with 14 points. Rachelle Coward of Halifax had 12.
 
In beach volleyball, Canada went a perfect 4-0 thanks to two wins by the men's pair of Grant O'Gorman of Toronto and Samuel Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., and one victory apiece by the women's duos of Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg, and Rachel Cockrell of Winnipeg and Charlotte Sider of Toronto.
 
All three Canadian squads are now in the double-elimination playoff round.
 
In tennis, it was a good day for the Canadian men, while the women struggled.
 
Isade Juneau of Repentigny, Que., won his opening singles match 6-0 and 6-2, while Phil Anderson of Halifax and Christiaan Lee-Daigle of Tecumseh, Ont. prevailed 6-1 and 6-0 in their doubles opener.
 
Dominique Harmath of Toronto and Kristina Sanjevic of Edmonton lost in women's singles.
 
In weightlifting, Roody St-Pierre of Lachute, Que., and Samuel Pietracupa of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., placed 15^th and 16^th in the 69kg overall final, respectively. 
 
In badminton, on the last day of competition in the sport for the red and white, no Canadians were able to advance past the round of 32, whether in singles or doubles.
 
In fencing, Scott Dudiak of Saskatoon and François Provencher of Ottawa were the top Canadians on the day. They were both stopped in the round of 64 of the men's foil tournament.
 
In synchronized swimming, Samantha Nealon of Guelph, Ont., scored 83.750 to finish the solo competition in sixth place.
 
TUESDAY, JULY 9 RESULTS

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – WOMEN
Individual all-around – Final
1. Aliya Mustafina, Russia, 57.900; 2. Kseniia Afanaseva, Russia, 56.850; Kim Bui, Germany, 55.20; 4. Elisabeth Black, Halifax, N.S., 55.000 (vault, 14.700; uneven bars, 13.250; beam, 14.600; floor, 12.450); 18. Mackenzie Itcush, Calgary, Alta., 49.850 (vault, 13.550; uneven bars, 11.150; beam, 12.750; floor, 12.400).
 
ATHLETICS
Men's 20km Race Walk – Individual Final
1. Andrey Krivov, Russia, 1:20:47; 2. Rusian Dmytrenko, Ukraine, 1:20:54; 3. Denis Strelkov, Russia, 1:21:32; 5. Inaki Gomez, Vancouver, B.C., 1:22:29; 16. Ben Thorne, Kitimat, B.C., 1 :26 :59; 21. Evan Dunfee, Richmond, B.C., 1:31:07.
 
Men's 20km Race Walk – Team Final
1. Russia, 4:04:31; 2. Ukraine, 4 :08.09; 3. Canada (Inaki Gomez, Vancouver, B.C., Ben Thorne, Kitimat, B.C., Evan Dunfee, Richmond, B.C.), 4:20:35.
 
Men's 1500m – Final
1. Valentin Smirnov, Russia, 3:39.39; 2. Jeremy Rae, Fort Erie, Ont., 3:39.45; 3. Jeremiah Motsau, South Africa, 3:39.51.
 
Men's decathlon – Day 2 of 2 (after 10 events) - Final
1. Thomas Van Der Plaetsen, Belgium, 8164; 2. Sergey Sviridov, Russia, 7939; 3. Brent Newdick, New Zealand, 7611; 8. Patrick Arbour, Ottawa, Ont., 7240 (100m, 11.63, 725 pts; long jump, 6.74m, 753 pts; shot put, 14.57m, 763 pts; high jump, 1.89m, 705 pts; 400m, 53.00, 682 pts; 110m hurdles, 15.29, 815 pts; discus, 47.64, 821 pts; pole vault, 4.20m, 673 pts; javelin, 63.34m, 788 pts; 1500m, 5:08:00, 515pts).
 
Men's 200m – Round 1 Heat 4
1. Oluwasegun Makinde, Brampton, Ont., 20.84, advances to round 2.
 
Men's 200m – Round 1 Heat 10
1. Brendon Justin Rodney, Brampton, Ont., 21.06, advances to round 2.
 
Men's 200m – Round 2 Heat 2
2. Brendon Justin Rodney, Brampton, Ont., 20.84, advances to final.
 
Men's 200m – Round 2 Heat 4
1. Oluwasegun Makinde, Brampton, Ont., 20.79, advances to final.
 
Women's 200m – Round 1 Heat 2
1. Kimberly Hyacinthe, Montreal, Que., 23.62, advances to round 2.
 
Women's 200 – Round 1 Heat 5
1. Shai-Anne Davis, Richmond, B.C., advances to round 2.
 
Women's 400m – Final
1. Ksenia Ustalova, Russia, 50.60; 2. Alena Tamkova, Russia, 51.17; 3. Anastasia Leroy, Jamaica, 51.72; 5. Alicia Brown, Ottawa, Ont., 52.08.
 
Men's 400m hurdles – Semifinal Heat 2
6. Tait Nystuen, Regina, Sask., 50.90, does not advance.
 
Women's 400m hurdles – Final
1. Anna Titimets, Ukraine, 54.64; 2. Anna Yaroshchuk, Ukraine, 54.77; 3. Irina Davydova, Russia, 54.79; 4. Sarah-Lynn Wells, Unionville, Ont., 55.76.
 
Men's 400m – Final
1. Vladimir Krasnov, Russia, 45.49; 2. Andreson Henriques, Brazil, 45.50; 3. Nicolas Maitland, Jamaica, 45.63; 8. Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont., 46.97.
 
Women's 800m – Final
1. Margarita Mukasheva, Kazakhstan, 1:58.96; 2. Ekaterina Kupina, Russia, 1:59.57; 3. Egle Balciunaite, Lithuania, 1:59.82; 6. Jessica Smith, North Vancouver, B.C., 2:00.43; 7. Helen Crofts, West Vancouver, B.C., 2:03.30.
 
BADMINTON
Men's Singles – Round of 128
Martin Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., wins 21-15, 15-21, 21-17 over Luke Chong, Australia, advances.
 
Men's Singles – Round of 64 
Andrew Lau, Markham, Ont., loses 21-9, 21-11 to Pablo Abian Vicen, Spain, does not advance.
 
Men's Singles – Round of 64
Martin Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., wins 21-17, 12-21, 23-21 over Aaron Tan, Singapore, advances.
 
Men's Singles – Round of 64
Phillippe Gaumond, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., wins 21-8, 21-18 over Honesto Buendia, Australia, advances.
 
Men's Singles – Round of 32
Martin Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., loses 21-6, 21-12 to Houwei Tian, China, does not advance.
 
Men's Singles – Round of 32
Phillippe Gaumond, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., loses 21-9, 21-14 to Lucas Corvee, France, does not advance.
 
Women's Singles – Round of 64
Bethany So, Toronto, Ont., wins 21-19, 21-11 over Nadine Ashraf, Egypt, advances.
 
Women's Singles – Round of 64
Stephanie Pakenham, Quebec City, Que., wins 21-8, 8-0 over Sadaru Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka, advances.
 
Women's Singles – Round of 64
Adrianna Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., loses 21-10, 21-8 to Lianne Tan, Belgium, does not advance.
 
Women's Singles – Round of 32
Bethany So, Toronto, Ont., loses 21-4, 21-3 to Eriko Tamaki, Japan, does not advance.
 
Women's Singles – Round of 32
Stephanie Pakenham, Quebec City, Que., loses 21-12, 21-13 to Rawinda Prajongjai, Thailand, does not advance.
 
Mixed Doubles – Round of 64
Bethany So, Toronto, Ont. / Francois Bourret, Montreal, Que., lose 21-9, 15-21, 21-9 to Suwat Phaisansomsuk / Pijtjan Wangpaiboonkj, Thailand, do not advance.
 
Mixed Doubles – Round of 64
Alex Bruce, Toronto, Ont. / Martin Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., win 21-6, 16-21, 21-13 over William Cabrera / Nieve Beronica Vivieca Aquino, Dominican Republic, advance.
 
Mixed Doubles – Round of 32
Roxanne Fraser, Montreal, Que. / Philippe Charron, Quebec City, Que., lose 21-18, 12-21, 21-18 to Hannes Kaesbauer / Kira Kattenbeck, Germany, do not advance. 
 
Mixed Doubles – Round of 32
Alex Bruce, Toronto, Ont. / Martin Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., lose 21-13, 21-19 to Savitree Amitrapai / Pisit Poodchalat, Thailand, do not advance.
 
Women's Doubles – Round of 32
Alex Bruce, Toronto, Ont. /Adrianna Giuffre, Calgary, Alta., lose 21-12, 21-19 to Mei Kuan Chow/Men Lee of Malaysia, do not advance.
 
Women's Doubles – Round of 32
Roxanne Fraser, Montreal, Que. / Stephanie Pakenham, Quebec City, Que., lose 21-14, 17-21, 21-8 to Ery Okaviani / Ningrum Arieda, Indonesia, do not advance.
 
Men's Doubles – Round of 32
Philippe Gaumond, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que. / Philippe Charron, Quebec City, Que., losse 17-21, 24-22, 21-13 to Hugo Arthuso / AlexTjong, Brazil, do not advance.
 
Men's Doubles – Round of 32
Andrew Wilkinson, Toronto, Ont. / Andrew Lau, Markham, Ont., lose 21-9, 21-8 to Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov, Russia, do not advance.
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (1-1) loses 59-57 to Ukraine (1-1) in second Pool C match, will face Taiwan (2-0) Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. Kazan)
 
MEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Canada (Grant O'Gorman, Toronto, Ont. / Samuel Pedlow, Barrie, Ont.) wins 2-0 over Portugal and wins 2-0 over Australia. Finishes Day 1 with 2-0 record, will play against Germany 1 Wednesday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont. / Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) wins 2-1 over Brazil, has a 2-0 record after preliminary, advances to playoff round 2 Wednesday against Germany 2 at 1 a.m. ET (9 a.m. Kazan).
 
Canada 2 (Rachel Cockrell, Winnipeg, Man. / Charlotte Sider, Toronto, Ont.) wins 2-0 over China in first playoff round, advances to playoff round 2 Wednesday against Thailand at 2 a.m. ET (10 a.m. Kazan).
 
FENCING
Men's Foil - Preliminary Round
Scott Dudiak, Saskatoon, Sask., goes 2-4, advances; François Provencher, Ottawa, Ont., goes 2-4, advances; Jean-Marc Turk, Ottawa, Ont., goes 0-6, does not advance; Haig Basmadjian, Calgary, Alb., goes 0-6, does not advance
 
Men's Foil – Direct Elimination of 64
Scott Dudiak, Saskatoon, Sask., loses 15-4 to Carlos Llavador Fernandez, Spain; François Provencher, Ottawa, Ont., loses 15-1 to Enzo Lefort, France.
 
Women's Sabre – Preliminary round
Chantel Helwer, Niverville, Man., goes 0-6, does not advance.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Canada (1-2-0) wins 4-0 over China (0-2-1) and finishes third in Pool B, moves to the consolation side and will next play Thursday.
 
SYNCHRO SWIMMING
Solo finals – free routine
1. Svetlana Romashina, Russia, 98.020; 2. Yukiko Inui, Japan, 92.070; 3. Linda Cerruit, Italy, 88.790; 6. Samantha Nealon, Guelph, Ont., 83.750.
 
TENNIS
Men's singles – Round 1
Isade Juneau, Repentigny, Que., wins 6-0, 6-2 over Thesly Mufunda, Zambia, next match TBD.
 
Women's singles – Round 1
Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., loses 6-2, 6-0 to Mirae Ham, South Korea, moves to consolation side, next match TBD.
 
Women's singles – Round 2
Kristina Sanjevic, Edmonton, Alta., loses 6-1, 6-0 to Laura Siegemund, Germany, moves to consolation, next match TBD.
 
Men's Doubles – Round 1
Phillip Anderson, Halifax, N.S. / Christiaan Lee-Daigle, Tecumseh, Ont., win 6-1, 6-0 over Ziga Papez / Jernej Zavcer, Slovakia, advance to second round and will face Aliaksandr Bury and Andrei Vasilevski of Belarus Wesdnesday at 4:30 a.m. ET (12:30 p.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S WEIGHTLIFTING
Men's 69kg – Overall Final
1. Firidun Guliyev, Azerbaijan, 323; 2. Jaber Behrouzi, Iran, 322; 3. Bernardin Kingue Matam, France, 315; 15. Roody St-Pierre, Lachute, Que., 245; 16. Samuel Pietracupa, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., 240. 
 
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 4 (July 8)
 
July 8, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – The Canadian women's volleyball and basketball teams made successful debuts at the 27^th Summer Universiade, on Monday, while the men's soccer squad took a big step towards securing a spot in the FISU quarter-finals for only the second time in program history.
 
In volleyball, Canada downed Norway 25-21, 25-14, 25-19 and is closing in on its first quarter-final appearance at the FISU tournament since an eighth-place finish in Beijing in 2001.  
 
The red and white will play its second and final Pool B match Wednesday at 3 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) against reigning Universiade Brazil. Algeria, which was also set to be in the group, withdrew just before the start of the competition, meaning the Canucks could qualify for the next round as early as Tuesday if the Brazilians beat Norway.
 
Lisa Barclay of Brandon, Man., and Alicia Perrin of Creston, B.C., paced the winners on offence with 11 and eight kills, respectively. Perrin added three blocks.
 
Shanice Marcelle of Victoria, who carried the Canadian flag into Saturday night's opening ceremonies, had an overall solid performance with five kills, three blocks and 12 digs.
 
"I'm happy we're moving closer to the quarters but I would have loved to play Algeria," said head coach Arnd Ludwig, who is also at the helm of the senior national team. "I would have preferred to play an extra match rather than have an additional day off."
 
In basketball, the Canadian women jumped out to an 18-6 lead after the opening quarter and never looked back on their way to a dominating 76-48 victory over Japan.   
 
Lindsay Ledingham of Regina scored a match-high 19 points in only 18 minutes on the court. The six-foot forward from the University of Regina, was perfect on eight field goal attempts and missed her only shot of the contest from the foul line, where she went 3-for-4.
 
Up 42-20 at halftime and 63-32 after three periods, Canada dominated in every facet of the game, including a 45-24 advantage in rebounds and 54 per cent shooting from the floor (27-50), compared to 26% for its rivals (10-38). 
 
"This result is not really a surprise. We've been building towards playing well and the girls have been outstanding, they've really learned to play well together," said head coach Fabian McKenzie. "Lindsay was a workhorse as usual today, that's what she's known for in the CIS. She's a very bright player, hits crucial shots at crucial times. She knows the offence well, she's very smart."
 
Canada plays Ukraine tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET) and rounds out pool play against Taiwan Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. (12:30 p.m. ET). Taiwan claimed silver in 2011.
 
The Canadian men's soccer, basketball and water polo squads were also successful on the fourth day of competition, while men's volleyball and women's water polo suffered their first setbacks of the Games.
 
In men's soccer, Paul Clerc of Coquitlam, B.C., and Mario Kovacevic of Woodbridge, Ont., scored in the 31^st and 64^th, respectively, as Canada blanked Peru 2-0 to remain undefeated after two round-robin matches.
 
Pool D action concludes on Wednesday when Canada (1-0-1) faces Brazil (1-0-1) at 8 p.m. local time (noon ET) and France (0-0-2) battles Peru (0-2-0). The Canadians have advanced past the group stage only once in seven previous appearances at the tournament, in 2007, when they finished fourth in Bangkok, Thailand.
 
"The guys showed a lot of discipline today. They remained focused on the task at hand despite unusual circumstances," said head coach Pat Raimondo, whose troops played two men up for the close to 60 minutes after two Peruvian players were ejected before the break. "It'll be exciting Wednesday against Brazil. It's a big game for our program."
 
The Canadian hoopsters improved to 2-0 with a lopsided 137-43 win against the United Arab Emirates. They resume pool play Wednesday against Australia.
 
Brady Heslip of Burlington, Ont., and Kyle Wiltjer scored 22 points apiece, while Dwight Powell had 21. Head coach Jay Triano used his entire bench as every player saw at least 10 minutes of action.
 
In water polo, the Canadian men jumped out to a 6-1 first-half lead and then held off a furious comeback from Georgia to win 10-9 and improve to 1-2 with two games remaining in the preliminary round.
 
David Lapins of Gatineau, Que., and Martin Pelland of Montreal each recorded a hat trick for the winners.
 
The red and white faces powerhouse Hungary Wednesday at 5 p.m. local (9 a.m. ET).
 
In other team sports, it was a different story for Canada in men's volleyball and women's water polo on Day 4.
 
The men's spikers suffered an unexpected setback in Group D action, dropping a four-set decision (20-25, 25-19, 17-25, 22-25) to Chile.
 
Canada is considered among the favourites at the tournament after finishing in the top six at each of the last three FISU Games, including fourth in 2011 in Shenzhen, China. Meanwhile, the Chileans are competing at the biennial tourney for the second time in history, their only previous appearance dating back to 1963 when they ended up eighth and last.
 
With the loss, the Canadian men drop to 2-1 in pool play, making their last round-robin match against the Czech Republic on Thursday a must win if they hope to finish first in pool play. Game time is 8 p.m. local (noon ET).
 
Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., paced the red and white offence in the loss with 15 kills, while older brother Chris (University of Calgary) had 10.
 
In women's water polo, Canada saw its preliminary round record drop to 1-1 following a crushing 24-4 loss to host Russia.
 
Olga Beliaeva led the charge for the winners with six goals. Teammates Ekaterina Prokofyeva and Alexandra Antonova also had big nights, recording five and four markers, respectively.
 
Ottawa's Rebekka Steenkamer (Concordia University), Danika Kotylak of Maple Ridge, B.C. (Hawaï), Taylor Molde of Calgary (Hawaï) and Elyse Lemay-Lavoie of Montreal (Collège Ahuntsic) scored for Canada.
 
Canada currently sits in third place in Group A but can move into second with a win in its final pool match against Japan (0-2), Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET).
 
In athletics, four Canadians competed in finals on Monday.
 
Derek Lord of Whistler, B.C., had the top finish with a fourth position in the men's 10,000. He crossed the finish line in 29:12.90.
 
In the men's and women's 100m, Sam Effah of Calgary and Shai-Anne Davis of Richmond, B.C., both took sixth place. They stopped the clock at 10.29 and 11.54, respectively.
 
In the women's discuss, Rayann Chin of Pickering, Ont., was 11^th with a throw of 46.44m.
 
In beach volleyball, Canada entered the women's tournament with the CAN 1 pair of Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg winning their only match of the day, while the CAN 2 duo of Rachel Cockrell of Winnipeg and Charlotte Sider of Ottawa went 1-1.
 
In tennis, Christiaan-Lee Daigle of Tecumseh, Ont., defeated Frichard Mulenga of Zambia 6-1, 6-1 in the lone Canadian match of the day.
 
In fencing, Marc-André Leblanc of Shediac, N.B., was the only Canadian to reach the round of 32 in men's epee, while Aimée Schyer of Saskatoon made it to the round of 32 in women's foil.
 
In synchronized swimming, Canada finished fourth and last in team competition behind Russia, Japan and the USA.
 
Finally, in artistic gymnastics, the Canadian men finished 17^th in team competition, which also served as qualification for individual finals. No team member was able to advance.
 
MONDAY, JULY 8 RESULTS
 
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – MEN
Team Competition - Final
1. Russia, 273.150; 2. Ukraine, 269.950; 3. Japan, 269.700; 17. Canada (Evan Cruz, Halifax, N.S., Tariq Dowers, Mississauga, Ont., Aiden Marsden, Sherwood Park, Alta., Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C.), 239.950.
 
Individual all-around – Qualification Round
42. Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 79.250, does not advance; 44. Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 79.350, does not advance.
 
Individual floor – Qualification round
34. Aiden Marsden, Sherwood, Alta., 14.050, does not advance; 45. Tariq Dowers, Missassauga, Ont., 13.850, does not advance; 54. Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 13.700, does not advance; 78. Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 13.000, does not advance.
 
Individual rings – Qualification round
67. Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 13.250, does not advance; 72. Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 13.100, does not advance; 90. Tariq Dowers, Missassauga, Ont., 12.150, does not advance; 94. Evan Cruz, Halifax, N.S., 11.750, does not advance.
 
Individual pummel horse -  Qualification Round
24. Evan Cruz, Halifax, N.S., 14.400, does not advance; 54. Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 13.350, does not advance; 76. Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 12.350, does not advance; 81. Aiden Marsden, Sherwood, Alta., 12.100, does not advance.
 
Individual parallel bars -  Qualification Round
55. Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 13.600, does not advance; 60. Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 13.350, does not advance; 70. Aiden Marsden, Sherwood, Alta., 13.000, does not advance; 71. Tariq Dowers, Missassauga, Ont., 12.950, does not advance;
 
Individual vault – Qualification Round
Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 14.300, does not advance; Aiden Marsden, Sherwood, Alta., 13.900, does not advance; Tariq Dowers, Missassauga, Ont., 13.700, does not advance; Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 13.000, does not advance.
 
Individual horizontal bar – Qualification Round
45. Joshua Stuart, Richmond, B.C., 13.550, does not advance; 71. Cory Paterson, Oakville, Ont., 12.550, does not advance; 87. Evan Cruz, Halifax, N.S., 11.800, does not advance;
Aiden Marsden, Sherwood, Alta., 11.750, does not advance.
 
ATHLETICS
Men's decathlon – Day 1 of 2 (after 5 events)
10. Patrick Arbour, Ottawa, Ont., SCORE (100m, 11.63, 725 pts; long jump, 6.74m, 753 pts; shot put, 14.57m, 763 pts; high jump, 1.89m, 705 pts; 400m, 53.00, 682 pts)
 
Women's 400m – Semifinal
4. Alicia Brown, Ottawa, Ont., 52.46, advances to finals.
 
Men's 400m hurdles - Heats
4. Tait Nystuen, Regina, Sask., 50.45, advances to semifinals.
 
Women's 400m hurdles – Heat 1
2. Sarah-Lynn Wells, Unionville, Ont., 55.60, advances to semifinals.
 
Women's 400m hurdles – Heat 2
3. Noelle Montcalm, Windsor, Ont., 58.04, does not advance.
 
Men's javelin throw - Qualification round
20. Cody Parker, Comox, B.C., 65.77, does not advance.
 
Men's 3000m steeplechase – Heats
6. Ryan Brockerville, Marystown, NFLD., 9:00.60, does not advance.
 
Women's 100m – Semifinal 1
4. Khamica Bingham, Brampton, Ont., 11.78, does not advance.
 
Women's 100m – Semifinal 3
2. Shai-Anne Davis, Richmond, B.C., 11.59, advances to finals.
 
Women's 100m – Final
1. Aurieyall Scott, USA, 11.28; 2. Lina Grincikaite, Lithuania, 11.32; 3. Andreea Ograzeanu, Romania; 11.34 6. Shai-Anne Davis, Richmond, B.C., 11.54.
 
Women's Discus – Final
1. Vera Ganeeva, Russia, 61.26; 2. Elena Panova, Russia, 56.86; 3. Maryke Oberholzer, South Africa, 54.09; 11. Rayann Chin, Pickering, Ont., 46.44.
 
Men's 10000m – Final
1. Stephen Mokoka, South Africa, 28:45.96; 2. Anatoly Rybakov, Russia, 28:47.27; 3. Evgeny Rybakov, Russia, 28:47.28; 4. Derek Lord, Whistler, B.C., 29:12.90.
 
Men's 100m – Semifinal 2
1. Sam Effah, Calgary, Alta., 10.34, advances to finals.
Men's 100m – Final
1. Anaso Jobodwana, South Africa, 10.10; 2. Ryota Yamagata, Japan, 10.21; 3. Hua Koffi, Ivory Coast, 10.21; 6. Sam Effah, Calgary, Alta., 10.29.
 
Men's 400m – Semifinal 1
3. Tyler Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont., 46.26, advances to finals.
 
Men's 400m – Semifinal 3
4. Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, Coquitlam, B.C., 47.11, does not advance.
 
Women's 800m – Semifinal 1
3. Helen Crofts, West Vancouver, B.C., 2:01.35, advances to finals.
 
Women's 800m – Semifinal 2
2. Jessica Smith, North Vancouver, B.C., 2:01.61, advances to finals.
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (2-0) wins 137-43 over United Arab Emirates (0-2) in second Pool C game, will face Australia (2-0) Wednesday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (1-0) wins 76-48 over Japan (0-1) in first Pool C match, will face Ukraine (0-1) Tuesday at 2 a.m. ET (10 a.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Canada 2 (Rachel Cockrell, Winnipeg, Man. / Charlotte Sider, Ottawa, Ont.) wins 2-1 over Mexico and loses 2-0 to Germany 1. Finishes Day 1 with 1-1 record, will play Wednesday (time TBD).
 
Canada 1 (Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, Ont. / Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, Man.) wins 2-0 over China, finishes Day 1 with 1-0 record, will face Brazil 1 (0-1) Tuesday at 5 a.m. ET (1 p.m. Kazan)
 
FENCING
Men's Epee - Preliminary Round
Marc-Andre Leblanc, Shediac, N.B., goes 4-2, advances; John Wright, Ottawa, Ont., goes 2-4, advances; Kerr Hutchinson, Kingston, Ont., goes 2-4, advances; David Shorey, Surrey, B.C., goes 2-4 advances.
 
Men's Epee – Direct Elimination of 128
David Shorey, Surrey, B.C., wins 15-14 over Narayan Pathi, USA; John Wright, Ottawa, Ont., loses 15-10 to Peer Borsky, Switzerland; Kerr Hutchinson, Kingston, Ont., loses 15-9 to Hasmie Bin Sohaini, Malaysia.
 
Men's Epee – Direct Elimination of 64
Marc-Andre Leblanc, Shediac, N.B., wins 15-9 over Andrii Lopatenko, Ukraine; David Shorey, Surrey, B.C., loses 15-5 to Sten Priinits, Estonia.
 
Men's Epee – Direct Elimination of 32
Marc-Andre Leblanc, Shediac, N.B., loses 15-9 to Ido Herpe, Israel.  
 
Women's Foil – Preliminary round
Aimee Schryer, Saskatoon, Sask., goes 3-2, advances. 
 
Women's Foil – Round of 32
Aimee Schryer, Saskatoon, Sask., loses 15-3 to Narae Lee, Korea.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Canada (1-0-1) wins 2-0 over Peru (0-2-0) in second Pool D match, will face Brazil (0-1-1) Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
SYNCHRO SWIMMING
Team final
1. Russia, 98.010; 2. Japan, 92.570; 3. USA, 86.350; 4. Canada (Janelle Ball, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., Gabriella Brisson,  Calgary, Alta., Rachel Fréchette, Deux-Montagnes, Que., Katherine MacLeod, Pointe-Claire, Que., Rebecca Maule, Guelph, Ont., Samantha Nealon, Guelph, Ont., Lisa Sanders, Gormley, Ont.), 83.940.
 
TENNIS
Men's singles – Round 1
Christiaan Lee-Daigle, Tecumseh, Ont., wins 6-1, 6-1 over Frichard Mulenga, Zambia; Next match TBD.
 
Women's singles – Round 1
Dominique Harmath, Toronto, Ont., matched delayed to Tuesday at 3 a.m. ET (11 a.m. Kazan)
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (2-1) loses 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 17-25, 22-25) to Chile (1-1) in third Pool D match, will face Czech Republic (2-0) Thursday at 12 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (1-0) wins 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-19) over Norway (0-1) in first Pool B match, will face Brazil (0-0) Wednesday at 7 a.m. ET (3 p.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (1-2) wins 10-9 over Georgia (0-3) in second Pool A match, will face Hungary (2-0) Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (1-1) loses 24-4 to Russia (2-0) in the second Pool A match, will face Japan (0-1) Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. Kazan).

 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 3 (July 7)
 
July 7, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – The men's basketball tournament got underway on Sunday at the 27^th Summer Universiade and Canada did not disappoint in its debut, claiming a convincing 84-69 win over Sweden.
 
Guard Brady Heslip of Burlington, Ont., led the Canadian hoopsters with 22 points, including 15 from beyond the arc.
 
Six-foot-nine forward Dwight Powell of Toronto added 16 points, including nine in the second quarter to give the red and white a 43-25 lead at halftime. Kevin Pangos of Holland Landing, Ont., also reached double figures in scoring with 10 points.
 
Heslip acknowledged that the team's recent nine-game tour through China – where they went 9-0 against the host country, the United States and Latvia - had them feeling comfortable.
 
"The whole three weeks that we spent together before this makes it easier. The guys do a great job of finding me... I'm just there to knock down shots."
 
Throughout the game, Canada featured consistent line-ups, balancing the minutes across three groups.
 
"We're trying to develop players and we need give them an opportunity to play and be on the court for five minute segments," explained head coach Jay Triano. "We also think that one of our advantages could be to wear teams down – we've got some depth in our country as far as basketball is concerned."
 
The Canadian men will continue pool play on Monday when they tip off against the United Arab Emirates (0-1) at 8:30 p.m. local (12:30 p.m. ET).
 
In men's volleyball, outside hitters Steven Marshall of Abbotsford, B.C., and Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., combined for 29 kills in a 3-1 (21-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-17) victory over Mexico.
 
With the win, the Canadian improved to 2-0 in Group D competition. They will go for three wins in as many days Monday against Chile (0-1) at 3 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET).
 
"Mexico was pretty small and picked up a lot of balls on defence," said Marshall, who has also led the way defensively for the winners with 13 digs. "They had a lot of energy and made us earn a lot of points. It was good for us to see that challenge to prepare for later in the tournament."
 
In women's soccer, Canada dropped to 0-2 in pool play following a 1-0 loss to Ireland. The duel was only seven minutes old when Sara Lawlor scored what stood as the game-winner on a low shot from just inside the box that left no chance to goalkeeper Kristen Funk of Calgary.
 
The Canucks can still advance to the quarter-finals but will need a big win Tuesday at 5 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET) in their Pool B finale against China, which is currently third in the group with a record of 0-1-1. Canada needs to leapfrog China in the standings and finish with a goal differential good enough to be one of the top two third-place squads at the end of the opening round.
 
"We've talked about the need to come out stronger at the start of each half. We need to be more focused right from the get go," said head coach Liz Jepsen. "I don't even want to do the math and figure out the margin of victory we need on Tuesday. We just need to score some goals and win."
 
Canada also fell to 0-2 in men's water polo on Sunday as Japan jumped to a quick 6-0 lead and never looked back on its way to a dominating 25-8 win.
 
Devon Thumwood of Calgary, David Lapins of Gatineau, Que., and Nikola Curcija of Calgary all scored two goals in the losing effort.
 
The red and white faces Georgia (0-2) Monday at 12:30 p.m. local (4:30 a.m. ET).
 
Athletics also made its 2013 FISU Games debut on Sunday and a number of Canadians showed they were in peak form, including Rhiannon Johns of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., who finished ninth in the 10,000 final with a time of 34:18.46.
 
Many of her teammates qualified for semifinals, most notably national sprinting champion Sam Effah of Calgary, who easily won his first two heats in the 100m.
 
In women's artistic gymnastics, 2012 Olympian Ellie Black of Halifax helped Canada to a seventh-place finish in the team competition and qualified for four individual finals along the way, including the all-around, vault, floor and beam.
 
In badminton, the team competition came to an end with Canada defeating Australia 3-2 and losing 3-1 to Ukraine to finish in 13^th position.
 
In diving, the lone Canadian athlete in Kazan, Cody Yano of Edmonton, took 14^th place in the semifinals of the 3m springboard and missed qualifying for the final by two spots.
 
Finally in fencing, Cédric Boutet of Laval, Que., was the most successful Canadian in the men's sabre, losing 15-10 to Juan Vega de la Torre of Mexico in the round of 64. In women's epee, Karis Langvand of Red Deer, Alta., was downed 15-4 by Yiwen Sun of China in the round of 128.
 
SUNDAY, JULY 7 RESULTS
 
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – WOMEN
Team Competition - Final
1. Russia, 175.500; 2. Japan, 165.00; 3. Germany, 162.050; 7. Canada (Ellie Black, Halifax, N.S., Erica Devereaux, Logy Bay, Nfld., Sarah Flett, Winnipeg, Man., Natalie Gervais, Winnipeg, Man., Mackenzie Itcush, Calgary, Alta.), 152.050.
 
Individual all-around – Qualification Round
5. Ellie Black, Halifax, N.S., 55.200, advances to final; 27. Mackenzie Itcush, Calgary, Alta., 48.700, does not advance; 37. Natalie Gervais, Winnipeg, Man., 46.450.
 
Individual floor – Qualification round
6. Ellie Black, Halifax, N.S., 13.600, advances to final; 28. Natalie Gervais, Winnipeg, Man., 12.400, does not advance; 36. Mackenzie Itcush, Calgary, Alta., 12.200, does not advance; 39. Erica Devereaux, Logy Bay, Nfld., 12.000, does not advance.
 
Individual vault – Qualification Round
2. Ellie Black, Halifax, N.S., 14.650, advances to final; 23. Mackenzie Itcush, Calgary, Alta., 12.600, does not advance; NR. Natalie Gervais, Winnipeg, Man., 12.400; NR. Erica Devereaux, Logy Bay, Nfld., 12.300, does not advance.
 
Individual uneven bars – Qualification Round
18. Ellie Black, Halifax, N.S., 12.900, does not advance; 33. Sarah Flett, Winnipeg, Man., 11.700; 36. Mackenzie Itcush, Calgary, Alta., 11.500, does not advance.
 
Individual balance beam – Qualification Round
Results not available
 
ATHLETICS
Women's 10,000m – Final
1. Ayuko Suzuki, Japan, 32:54.17; 2. Alina Prokopyeva, Russia, 3:00.93; 3. Mai Tsuda, Japan, 33:14.59; 9. Rhiannon Johns, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 34:18.46.
 
Women's 400m - Heats
2. Alicia Brown, Ottawa, Ont., 53.81, advances to semifinals.
 
Men's shot put - Preliminary round
13. Timothy Hendry-Gallagher, Parry Sound, Ont., 17.81, does not advance; Tim Nedow, Brockville, Ont., triple foul, does not advance. 
 
Women's 100m – Heat 2
2. Shai-Anne Davis, Richmond, B.C., 11.72, advances to semifinals.
 
Women's 100m – Heat 6
2. Khamica Bingham, Brampton, Ont., 11.68, advances to semifinals.
 
Men's 100m – Round 1 Heat 5
1. Sam Effah, Calgary, Alta., 10.64, advances.
Men's 100m – Round 2 Heat 2
2. Sam Effah, Calgary, Alta., 10.35, advances to semifinals.
 
Men's High Jump – Qualifying Round Group A
7. Django Lovett, Surrey, B.C., 2.15, does not advance.
 
Men's High Jump – Qualifying Round Group B
11. Jeremy Eckert, Regina, Sask., 2.15, does not advance.
 
Men's 400m – Heat 1
3. Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, Coquitlam, B.C., 47.15, advances to semifinals.
 
Men's 400m – Heat 4
1. Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont., 46.70, advances to semifinals.
 
Women's 800m – Heat 2
2. Helen Crofts, West Vancouver, B.C., 2:04.00, advances to semifinals.
 
Women's 800m – Heat 3
2. Jessica Smith, North Vancouver, B.C., 2:05.11, advances to semifinals.
 
Women's Long Jump – Qualifying Round Group A
7. Sabrina Nettey, Surrey, B.C., 6.15, does not advance.
 
Women's Long Jump – Qualifying Round Group A
8. Christabel Nettey, Surrey, B.C., 6.22, does not advance.
 
Men's 1500m - Heat 1
2. Ross Proudfoot, Sudbury, Ont., 3:44.66, advances to semifinals.
 
Men's 1500m - Heat 3
2. Jeremy Rae, Fort Erie, Ont., 3:47.81, advances to semifinals.
 
BADMINTON
Team Competition – Positions 13-16
Canada wins 3-2 over Australia.
 
Team Competition – Positions 13-14
Canada loses 3-1 to Ukraine, finishes 14^th.
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Canada (1-0) wins 84-69 over Sweden (0-1) in first Pool C match, will face United Arab Emirates (0-1) Monday at 12:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. Kazan).
 
DIVING
Men's 3m springboard - Semifinals
14. Cody Yano, Edmonton, Alta., 348.80, does not advance.
 
FENCING
Women's Epee - Preliminary Round
Karis Langvand           , Red Deer, Alta., goes 2-4, advances; Valérie Hogues, Montreal, Que., goes 1-5, does not advance; Vivian Poon of Mississauga, Ont., goes 0-6, does not advance.
 
Women's Epee - Round of 128
Karis Langvand           , Red Deer, Alta., loses 15-4 to Yiwen Sun, China.
 
Men's Sabre – Preliminary round
Cédric Boutet, Laval, Que., goes 2-3, advances; Julien Hogues, Montreal, goes 2-4, does not advance; Paul Pietrusinski, North Vancouver, B.C., goes 0-6, does not advance.
 
Men's Sabre – Round of 64
Cédric Boutet, Laval, Que., loses 15-10 to Juan Vega de la Torre, Mexico.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Canada (0-2) loses 1-0 to Ireland (1-0-1) in second Pool B match, will face China (0-1-1) Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan) in third and final pool match.
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (2-0) wins 3-1 (21-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-17) over Mexico (0-1) in second Pool D match, will face Chile (0-1) Monday at 7 a.m. ET (3 p.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (0-2) loses 25-8 to Japan (2-0) in second Pool A match, will face Georgia (0-2) Monday at 4:30 a.m. ET (12:30 p.m. Kazan).

 
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Canada recap & results: Day 2 (July 6)
 
July 6, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – The Canadian women's water polo and men's volleyball teams opened their tournament in winning fashion at the 27^th Summer Universiade, on Saturday.

At the pool, the Canadian women edged Italy 11-10 on a last-minute goal by Kelly McKee of Calgary, who scored the game-winner with only 16 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
Canada's opening win in men's volleyball wasn't quite as dramatic as the red and white made quick work of the United Arab Emirates and prevailed in straight sets (25-14, 25-16, 25-16).
 
In synchronized swimming, a discipline making its Universiade debut in Kazan, the Canadians are fourth and last after the technical part of the team competition. The event concludes Monday with the team free.
 
In the badminton team competition, Canada edged Brazil 3-2 in its first duel on the consolation side of the draw and will play for placement on Sunday.
 
In diving, Cody Yano of Edmonton finished the preliminary round of the one-metre springboard in 20^th position with 299.70 points, which was not good enough to advance to the semifinals.
 
Looking for its first FISU medal since women's water polo made its Universiade debut in 2009, Canada beat Italy thanks to a remarkable performance by driver Shae Fournier of Winnipeg, who scored no less than six goals, all in the second half.
 
McKee finished the contest with two markers and three assists, while Rebekkah Steenhamer of Ottawa, Gurheet Sohi of Delta, B.C. and Calgary product Shelby Taylor each tallied once.
 
Goaltender Jessica Gaudreault, an Ottawa native and Fournier's teammate at Indiana University, made 19 saves for the victory.
 
"We wanted to focus on playing as a team... making sure we reacted to the defence they were playing," said Fournier. "This is great momentum for us moving forward in the tournament."
 
Canada will continue pool play against host Russia on Monday at 8 p.m. local time (noon ET).
 
On the volleyball court, the Canadian men were led in their opener by Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., who racked up a team-high eight kills, as well as middle blocker Braden McLean of Birch Hills, Sask., who had six kills, two service aces and two blocks.  
 
Canada had control throughout all three sets, leading by no less than two points and only surrendering the lead three times early in the first and second games.
 
"I'm pretty relieved that we are starting," said head coach Larry McKay from the University of Winnipeg. "We were in the village for a few days and we were anxious to begin. We played a good team and we were prepared to play well. It was the beginning for us and we will build on that. I think we'll need to be better than we were today."
 
Canada is looking for a podium spot for the second time in the last four Universiade tournaments.  After claiming a silver medal in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, the Canucks finished sixth in 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia, and barely missed the podium in 2011 in Shenzhen, China, taking fourth place.
 
Next up for the Canadian men is Mexico (1-0) Sunday at 8 p.m. local (noon ET).
 
SATURDAY, JULY 6 RESULTS
 
BADMINTON
Team Competition
 
Canada wins 3-2 over Brazil on consolation side of the draw, team competition wraps up on Sunday.
 
DIVING
Men's 1m springboard
 
Preliminaries: 20. Cody Yano, Edmonton, Alta., 299,70. Does not advance.
 
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Team Technical
 
Preliminaries: 4. Canada (Janelle Ball, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., Gabriella Brisson,  Calgary, Alta., Rachel Fréchette, Deux-Montagnes, Que., Katherine MacLeod, Pointe-Claire, Que., Rebecca Maule, Guelph, Ont., Samantha Nealon, Guelph, Ont., Lisa Sanders, Gormley, Ont.), 83.00. The competition wraps up with the team free on Monday.
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Canada (1-0) wins 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-16) over United Arab Emerites (0-1) in first Pool D match, will face Mexico (1-0) Sunday at 10 a.m. ET (6 p.m. Kazan).
 
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (1-0) wins 11-10 over Italy (0-1) in first Pool A match, will face Russia (1-0) Monday at noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
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Team Canada recap & results: Day 1 (July 5)
 
July 5, 2013
 
KAZAN, Russia (CIS) – Canada had limited success on Friday as the 27^th Summer Universiade got under way in Kazan, Russia.
 
The Canadians were in action in three team sports and came away with a 2-2 draw against France in men's soccer, a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Mexico in women's soccer and a 23-4 defeat at the hands of host Russia in men's water polo.
 
In synchronized swimming, a discipline making its Universiade debut in 2013, Samantha Nealon of Morriston, Ont., scored 82.100 in her free technical solo routine, a total good for sixth place and a spot in Tuesday's final.  
 
In diving, Cody Yano of Edmonton placed 16^th in the preliminary round of the three-metre springboard with 345.45 points and moves to Sunday's semifinals.
 
In badminton, the Canucks were relegated to the consolation side of the draw in the team competition after finishing third in its pool. The red and white lost 5-0 to Russia and 3-2 to Poland, before sweeping Sri Lanka 5-0.
 
Down 2-0 after 25 minutes of play, the men's soccer squad mounted a successful comeback thanks to goals by Dylan Bams of Fanny Bay, B.C., at the 26-minute mark and captain Robbie Murphy of Ottawa in the 77^th.
 
Bams, a midfielder from the University of Toronto, potted in a rebound moments after France's second goal, while Murphy, a striker from the University of Guelph, scored the equalizer on a low shot from the penalty spot.
 
"The guys played well. To come from behind like that was quite a challenge, especially in a tournament of this level, said head coach Pat Raimondo from the University of Montreal. They were nervous at the start but they settled down nicely in the second half. They played at the level we expect of them after the break."
 
Next up for Canada is a tilt against Peru (0-1) Monday at noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
 
In women's soccer, the Canadians also erased a 2-0 deficit, only to see Mexico come back with a third and decisive goal – on a penalty - with seven minutes left in regulation.
 
Team captain Natalie Boyd of Surrey, B.C., and Winnipeg native Jackie Tessier scored for Canada in the 57^th and 65^th minute, respectively. Boyd, a midfielder from Trinity Western University, tallied from the penalty spot, while Tessier, a striker from Queen's University tied the affair at 2-2 on a header.
 
"As we become more finely tuned in our midfield we will take away some of that penetration and those shot opportunities," said sideline boss Liz Jepsen from the University of Alberta. "I was pleased that we did manage to settle down and respond."
 
Canada resumes pool play versus Ireland (0-0-1) Sunday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan).
 
FRIDAY, JULY 5 RESULTS
 
BADMINTON
Team Competition
 
Canada loses 5-0 to Russia, loses 3-2 to Poland, wins 5-0 over Sri Lanka. Finishes third in its pool and moves to consolation draw on Saturday.
 
DIVING
Men's 3m springboard
 
Preliminaries: 16. Cody Yano, Edmonton, Alta., 345.45. Advances to semifinals on Sunday.

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Canada (0-1) loses 3-2 to Mexico (1-0) in first Pool B match, will face Ireland (0-0-1) Sunday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan).
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Canada (0-0-1) ties France (0-0-1) 2-2 in first Pool D match, will face Peru (0-1) Monday at noon ET (8 p.m. Kazan).
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Free Technical Solo
 
Preliminaries: 6. Samantha Nealon, Morriston, Ont., 82.100. Advances to final on Tuesday.
 
MEN'S WATER POLO
Canada (0-1) loses 23-4 to Russia (1-0) in first Pool A match, will face Japan (1-0) Sunday at 9 a.m. ET (5 p.m. Kazan).
 
 
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About the Summer Universiade

The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that takes place every two years and is second only to the Olympic Games in the number of participating athletes and countries. The Universiade is open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.
 
 
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