Special report: 24th Universiade Bangkok 2007

Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand kisses his gold medal as Chen Hong who lost to Boonsak Ponsana in the final standing aside at the awarding ceremony at the 24th Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 15, 2007. Boonsak Ponsana defeated Chen 2-1 in the final and won the title of men's singles of badminton.  (Xinhua Photo/Chen Kai) Photo Gallery>>>

    By sportswriter Shan Lei

    BANGKOK, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thai shuttler Boonsak Ponsana, world number nine, highlighted the host's two-gold-medal triumph on Wednesday with a revenged victory over Chen Hong from China, world number two, in the men's singles at the Bangkok Universiade.

    Boonsak, nicknamed Superman in Thailand, won 17-21, 21-15, 21-17 in 56 minutes over Chen, who beat him in July's Thai Open final.

    His compatriots Phattapol Ngensrisuk and Sudket Prapakamol defeated Hsieh Yu-Hsing/Tsai Chia-Hsin from Chinese Taipei 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in the men's doubles final.

    Judo powerhouse Japan dominated the events at the Universiade on Wednesday by adding two more golds to the tally.

    Udaka Nae won the women's 57kg category and Otsuka Masahiko claimed title in men's 73kg class with Japan pocketing five judo golds after three days' competitions.

    Teenager Wang Yihan brushed aside Cheng Shao-Chieh from Chinese Taipei 21-12, 21-17 for the women's singles final, while Chinese Taipei's Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing, ranked fourth in the world, breezed past Tian Qing/Pan Pan of China 21-9, 21-13 in the women's doubles final.

    South Korean pair Yoo Yeon Seong/Kim Min Jun clinched the mixed doubles over Fang Chieh- Min and Cheng Wen-Hsing from Chinese Taipei 21-19, 13-21, 21-17.

    The other two golds went to Mongolian judoka Bundmaa Munkhbaatar in women's 52kg class and Ramil Gasimov of Azerbaijan in men's 62kg division.

    Italian Noemi Batki shared the gold medal with Maria Voloshchenko of Ukraine in the women's 1m springboard, denying China for the first diving gold medal in the Universiade here.

    China's Yao Xinyi, preliminary-round and semi-final leader, had a blunder on the last dive, scoring only 16.90 points to finish seventh with 243.95 points, 36.70 points behind the winners.

    Rao Jingwen/Liu Juan from China won the women's table-tennis doubles while the men's doubles gold medal was secured by two pairs of the Chinese Taipei.

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