GWANGIU, South Korea, July 5, 2015 – Akash Modi of Morganville, N.J./Stanford University, and Donothan Bailey of Lake Forest, Calif./University of California – Berkeley, both qualified for the all-around and event finals of the World University Games in Gwangiu, South Korea.
Modi was fifth in the all-around preliminary rankings. Based on his preliminary round performances, he will also compete in the event finals for the floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars and horizontal bar. With his 17th place in the all-around rankings, Bailey advanced to the all-around finals and he also qualified for the pommel horse finals.
The all-around finals are set for July 6, with event finals on July 7. The all-around finals and individual event finals will be shown live on ESPN 3 in the United States: July 5, 1:30 a.m. ET, all-around finals, and 10:00 p.m. ET, event finals; and July 6 at 3:00 a.m. ET, event finals.
For complete results, visit Gwangju2015.com/.
The top eight for each apparatus in the prelims advanced to the finals, and the top 18 in the all-around rankings qualify for the all-around finals.