The beach volleyball duo Huster/Just has secured gold at the World University Games. The water polo players also cheered.
The beach volleyball players Philipp Huster (SRH University) and Maximilian Just (Humboldt University Berlin) celebrated a sovereign 2-0 victory (21:13, 21:12) in the final against the Dutch Quinten Groenewald (University Leiden) and Tom Sondereville (Erasmus University of Rotterdam).
“That was our best game of the tournament and the result reflects that,” said Huster after the game. The blocks of 2.06-meter man Huster, who was successful on the net alone nine times, were particularly decisive. For comparison: the Dutch team only booked one block point.
So the German victory was never in danger. In both sentences, Huster/Just quickly pulled away and did not give the lead again. Huster converted the first match ball – of course with a block.
Bronze went to the French duo Elouan Chouikh-Barbez/Joadel Gardoque, which the Italians Riccardo Iervolino/Filippo Mancini defeated 2-0.
For women, gold went to the Swiss women Menia Bentele and Annique Niederhauser, who prevailed in three sets against Nigella Negermann and Floor Hogenhout from the Netherlands. Bronze won Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig from the USA.
Water polo leave the USA no chance
The German water polo players also cheered over gold on Saturday after a 9: 6 success (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2, 4: 4) in the final against the USA. Above all, the German defensive shone, which did not allow an American hit at all in the first two quarters.
It was only in the third quarter the first two goal success, but closer to 4-2, the USA never came up. In the last quarter, the Americans left their own goal. But that backfired. In the meantime, Germany led 9-2. The United States came back in the last few minutes, but the victory of the German team was no longer at risk.
The best German thrower was captain Sinia Plotz from the University of Southern Carolina with three goals. Lauren and Jacquelin Cohen Walters (both UCLA) met with two goals for the United States.
The bronze medal went to Italy, the New Zealand defeated in the game for third place with 10: 5.
Water polo players win dramatically bronze
On Saturday, the game was much more scarce. But here, too, the German team had the better end. Against Hungary, Germany secured the bronze medal in a dramatic way with 21:20 after shoot-out (6: 4, 5: 3, 2: 5, 1: 2, 7: 6.
Goalkeeper Max Spittank (SRH University) became hero, who held the litter of Balázs Nyíri in the shoot-out. Till Hofmann (SRH University) then converted the decisive throw. Previously, the German man’s chat had played a five-goal lead, but was still saving into the shoot-out and finally cheered over bronze.
Gold won Italy through a 16:12 victory against the USA.
German Sprint in the final
Several decisions were made in athletics on Saturday – but without a German medal. In the decathlon of men, Australian Benjamin Huse prevailed in front of the Finn Aleksi Savolainen and the Swiss Nino Portmann.
Due Türkin Esra Turkmen cheered in the javelin throw. At 59.90 meters, she threw a personal best and thus more than two meters further than the American Evelyn Bliss (57.37 meters) and three meters further than Jana van Schalkwyk from South Africa (56.73 meters).
The Spaniard Una Stevanovic won in the high jump of women with a personal best of 1.91 meters. Asia Tavernini from Italy (1.89 meters) and Elena Kuichichenko from Cyprus (1.87 meters) won silver and bronze.
The team competition in the half marathon was firmly in Japanese hands, which won both women and men. With Shinsaku Kudo, a Japanese man also won the gold medal in the individual discipline. Ma Xiuzhen from China won the women.
The German 4×100-meter relay of women, who won their semi-final run in 43.58 seconds, has chances on a medal on Sunday. The men are also in the final. 49.63 seconds were enough in the semi-finals for third place and thus for the final qualification.
Running the basketball players is late
The German basketball players missed the bronze medal at the World University Games. The DBB selection was lost in the game for third place Lithuania with 70:80 (20:39). At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the German team was still 19 points behind, but towards the end it fought again in striking distance. However, the mortgage, especially the second quarter (9:21), then turned out to be too big.
The best thrower of the game was Lithuania Gytis Nemeika from the University of Hawaii with 22 points. For Germany, which is trained by Australian Alan Ibrahimagic, Nicholas carpenter from Fernuni Hagen with 21 points.
Drama in Basketball final the men
It was dramatic in the final between the United States and Brazil. Up to six minutes before the end, Team USA still led with 19 points. But then Brazil caught up step by step. The USA shaken. And 6.7 seconds before the end of the game, Brazil’s Reynan Camilo Dos Santos actually scored 80: 80 equalization. The United States had the last throw, but Obi Agbim missed – extension.
And the Brazilians took the momentum into the overtime against unsettled Americans. In the end, Braslien actually won 94:88 and got the gold medal.
Turner Malewski wins bronze on the balance beam
Another German medal won Emma Maelwski on Saturday. The gymnast from the TU Chemnitz won bronze on the balance beam. With a rating of 13,166, it was just behind the Taiwanesin Tony Paulsson (13.266). Gold won the Japanese Urara Ashikawa (14.166).
In general, Japan dominated the gymnastics competitions and, in addition to the balance beam, also won gold and silver on the bar (men), gold and silver in the jump (women) and silver on the pommel horse (men).
Our sources:
- FISU University Games website
- Livestream of the sports show
