KEY POINTS:
North Shore swimmer Corney Swanepoel went closest but New Zealand emerged without a medal at the World University Games in Bangkok on Monday.
Swanepoel finished in a dead heat for fourth with German Johannes Dietrich in the 50m butterfly in 24.07 seconds, just 0.19sec off third in race won by Ukraine swimmer Sergii Beus in 23.71sec.
Swanepoel's clubmate Moss Burmester was fifth in the B final to complete a relatively disappointing meet for the world championship medallist.
In the last session of track and field, Waikato's Monique Williams was seventh in the 200m in 24.08sec.
The New Zealand basketball team lost momentum in the latter stages to lose 57-78 to Korea. The leading New Zealand point scorers were Chris Daniel (16), Zane Meehl (17) and Everard Bartlett (15).
This ended New Zealand's hopes of a quarterfinal place and they will now play twice more to determine their 9th-16th placing.
Blistering 37deg C and 95 per cent humidity was felt by the New Zealand women's soccer team during their 1-2 loss to Canada, with a goal to Otago's Leanne Tiffen not enough.
They play Germany tomorrow in the first of two matches to determine their 13th-16th place.
New Zealand table tennis players Peter Craven and Sarah Ho beat a Pakistani pair 3-0 in the first round of the mixed doubles before going down 0-3 to Chinese Taipei.
The New Zealand team comprises 73 athletes from nine different sports.
- NZPA
