The Summer Universiade, a multi-sport event organized for university athletes and held every two years, is set to begin on July 3 in Gwangju, South Korea.
The gymnastics competition will begin on July 4 with the first day of individual qualifications and team finals, the same format we saw at the European Games. Team medals will be awarded on the 5th, followed by the all-around competition on July 6 and event finals on July 7.
The Russians won the team event in 2013, and though their team is slightly weaker this time around, they still have big names, including European vault champion Maria Paseka. She headlines a team that also features Daria Elizarova, Polina Fedorova, Ekaterina Kramarenko, and Alla Sidorenko, none of whom would normally factor into a major international team picture this year but for a B team, it’s a pretty solid group.
Their competition includes Australia and Japan, both of whom are sending mostly A team gymnasts. Australia’s Georgia-Rose Brown, Lauren Mitchell, Mary-Anne Monckton, and Emma Nedov are all very experienced, as are Japan’s Wakana Inoue, Yu Minobe, Natsumi Sasada, Asuka Teramoto, and Sakura Yumoto.
Malaysia and South Korea are the only other countries sending full teams, with Malaysia’s including the six-time Southeast Asian Games medalist Farah Ann Abdul Hadi. Individual standouts in attendance include Great Britain’s Kelly Simm and Portugal’s Filipa Martins. There will also be a couple NCAA gymnasts in the mix, including Simone Penker of Austria, who competes for the University of Alaska, and Jordan Rae of New Zealand, who just completed a standout freshman year at Bowling Green.
A full list of competitors is below. Hyphens currently mark spots where countries have opted to send a gymnast or two, though these gymnasts have not yet been officially named.
Official Team Rosters
| Australia Georgia-Rose Brown Lauren Mitchell Mary-Anne Monckton Emma Nedov |
Austria Simone Penker |
Azerbaijan Marina Nekrasova Kristina Pravdina |
| Croatia – |
Czech Republic – |
Finland Maija Leinonen Annika Urvikko |
| Great Britain Kelly Simm |
Hong Kong Angel Wong Hiu Ying |
Japan Wakana Inoue Yu Minobe Natsumi Sasada Asuka Teramoto Sakura Yumoto |
| Malaysia Tracie Ang Nur Eli Ellina Azmi Farah Ann Abdul Hadi Tan Ing Yueh |
Mexico – |
Netherlands Elisabeth Geurts |
| New Zealand Jordan Rae |
Norway Sofie Bråten Tiril Døvre |
Portugal Filipa Martins |
| Russia Daria Elizarova Polina Fedorova Ekaterina Kramarenko Maria Paseka Alla Sidorenko |
Slovenia Carmen Horvat |
South Africa Claudia Cummins |
| South Korea Eum Dayeon Heo Seonmi Park Eunkyung Park Jisoo Park Seyeon |
Turkmenistan Jahan Berdiyeva Oguljemal Musayeva Nasiba Orazmedova |
Ukraine Angelina Kysla Krystyna Sankova |
| Uzbekistan Dilnoza Abdusalimova |
Article by Lauren Hopkins
The Gymternet 
Do we know if there’s a YouTube channel set up or a website where this will be streamed/shown from, yet? 🙂
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Why doesn’t america send a team. In Shannon miller new book she mentioned going with a bunch of ncaa athletes
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Because none of the national team members in the US are college competitors, except Brenna, and her goal right now is to stay healthy for Worlds!
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I couldn’t believe it but Brenna name is actually back on US national team?!! Wonder since when did that happen? USAgymnastics news release of Brenna deferring was posted 6/9, and the updated senior national team list is dated 6/10. that is quite interesting. wonder how that happened. did marta finally gave in to her persistence it’s almost like she never left!!
That is one very busy senior national team! I mean this year’s classic and p&g will be very stacked and ultracompetitive!! I already feel disappointed and sad that there will likely be some heartbreaks.
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So y also have to b enrolled also in university to be eligible? Didnt know those on the aussie and japan a team and also russian including paseka r in uni….
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Yes, have to be a university student.
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In her book I’m pretty sure it wasn’t national team members but not completely sure, after 2016 olympics I bet a lot of girls who were on national team would be interested in going since so many have committed to college’s. I love your site, I got tickets to go to the Olympic trials and am hoping I can combine a business trip with world championships. the coolest thing I ever got to do with gymnastics was going backstage at the 2008 olympic tour and meeting all the gymnasts. Thanks for doing this site
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I was reading an Australian article this morning Lauren Mitchell injured her knee and is out of competition.
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I found the article
She has withdrawn
http://www.gymnastics.org.au/article.php?group_id=13892&id=36
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