Sporting Digest: Student Sport

WORLD STUDENT GAMES (Buffalo, New York) Athletics finals: Men: 1500m: 1 A K Chekhemani (Fr) 3min 46.32sec; 2 B Burke (US) 3:46.33; 3 G Lough (GB) 3:46.77; 7 M Carroll (Irl) 3:48.08. 110m hurdles: 1 D Koszewski (Ger) 13.48sec; 2 G Terry (US) 13.58; 3 S Bisbas (Gre) 13.72. 5,000m: 1 K Khannouchi (Mor) 14:05.33; 2 S Fedotov (Rus) 14:06.15; 3 T Takaoka (Japan) 14:06.21. Long jump: 1 K Streete-Thompson (US) 8.22m; 2 E Obina (Nigeria) 8.18; 3 V Kyrylenko (Ukr) 8.04. Javelin: 1 L Fouche (SA) 79.64m; 2 E Kaminski (US) 77.52; 3 M Parviainen (Fin) 77.14; 8 N Nieland (GB) 70.84. 4 x 100m relay: 1 US 38.65sec; 2 Japan 38.97; 3 Cuba 39.20. 4 x 400m relay: 1 US 3:02.34; 2 Japan 3:03.21; 3 Hungary 3:04.27. Women: 100m hurdles: 1 I Akpan (Nigeria) 13.11; 2 D Bowles (US) 13.16; 3 M Guialdo (US) 13.24. 1500m: 1 L Robinson (GB) 4:12.03; 2 J Speights (US) 4:12.43; 3 S Howell (Can) 4:13.30; 7 J Spark (GB) 4:16.02. High jump: 1= L Hryhorenko (Ukr), T Hughes (US), N Zilinskiene (Lith) 1.95m. Discus: 1 R Katewicz (Pol) 62.40m; 2 J McKernan (GB) 60.72; 3 A Gundler (Ger) 60.56. 4 x 100m relay: 1 US 43.37; 2 Nigeria 44.25; 3 Canada 45.20. Did not finish: Britain. 4 x 400m relay: 1 US 3:26.18; 2 Cuba 3:28.95; 3 Nigeria 3:34.97; 6 Britain 3:38.07. Football: Men's final: Czech Republic 2 South Korea 1. Bronze medal: Germany 2 Britain 1. Diving: Men: Platform final: 1 Xiong Ni (Ch) 659.52pts; 2 Ying Gui (Ch) 621.30; 3 R Volodkov (Ukr) 559.59. Women: 3m springboard final: 1 B Baldus (Ger) 295.56pts; 2 P Gordon (Can) 292.68; 3 S Kruger (Ger) 269.46. Fencing: Men: Epee team final: Cuba bt Hungary 8-8 (Cuba win on touches, 64-61). Bronze: Italy bt Germany 9-7.