FISU – 2019 Summer Universiade

3-14 July in Naples, Italy.

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With just two event champions from the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade returning – Pommel Horse

star Lee Chih Kai of Chinese Taipei and Russian Floor Exercise standout Kirill Prokopev – the stage is set for a new class of stars to emerge.

Aiming for honors in the women’s competition will be Asuka Teramoto, Aiko Sugihara and Hitomi Hatakeda, who will try to vault Japan to the top of the women’s team podium …

Russia, winners in the women’s team competition from 2013 to 2017, have entered veteran Tatiana Nabieva, a 2010 world team gold medallist, in her first international competition in several years. …

Meanwhile, a strong Japanese men’s contingent, led by new national champion Kakeru Tanigawa and his older brother Wataru, seek to lead the land of the rising sun to a third consecutive Universiade team victory.

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