Sporting Digest: Student Sport

WORLD STUDENT GAMES (Buffalo, NY): Football (Men): Russia 2 Great Britain 0; Germany 2 Japan 1; United States 3 Ireland 2; Nigeria 2 Italy 1. Basketball (Men): Czech Republic 102 Israel 82; South Korea 94 Switzerland 85; Canada 84 China 75. (Women): Romania 82 Taiwan 67; United States 72 Russia 55. Volleyball (Men): Belgium 3 France 1; Spain 3 Greece 0; Poland 3 Lebanon 0. (Women): Romania 3 Switzerland 1; Romania 3 Russia 1; Switzerland 3 China 0. Baseball: United States 3 Taiwan 0. Gymnastics (Men's individual final overall): 1 V Shcherbo (Bela) 56.425pts; 2 Y Chechi (It) 56.025; 3 I Korobchinski (Ukr) 55.712. Fencing (women's individual foil final): I Mincza (Hung) bt A Giacometti (It). Swimming finals (winners and GB only): Men: 100m backstroke: 1 C Falcon (Cuba) 55.60sec; 8 M O'Connor (GB) 58.12. 400m individual medley: 1 I Mull (US) 4min 24.08sec. 4 x 200m freestyle relay: 1 US 7:25.90; 5 G 7:36.62. Women: 200m breaststroke: 1 S Bondarenko (Ukr) 2:31.41; 6 H Gorman (GB) 2:37.86. 200m butterfly: 1 Y Kando (Japan) 2:14.45; 5 H Jepson (GB) 2:16.89. 400m freestyle: 1 S Cam (Bel) 4:18.21; 5 J Deakins (GB) 4:23.90.