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Summary The largest-ever World University Games lowered its curtain in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong province.
China topped the medals table with history-making 75 golds. It was the first time that the number of participants passed the 10,000 mark at a Universiade and the Shenzhen edition was hailed as the best ever by Claude-Louis Gallien, newly-elected president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).Sixty-five of the 152 delegations medaled in the 12-day competition, in which China collected 145 medals including 75 golds, which are the most titles for one delegation to claim at one Universiade. Russia finished second with 132 medals including 42 golds.In the 306 events from 24 sports, the first gold went to Italian swimmer Simone Ruffini, and the last was taken by South Korean taekwondo player Park Yong-Hyun. Russia’s Evgeniya Kanaeva collected four rhythmic gymnastic golds to lead the medalists.
