The Macau Wushu Team has participated in the 9th Asian Wushu Championship at Taoyuan City of Taiwan in September. The game was organized by Asian Wushu Association and hosted by the Wushu General Association of Chinese Taipei, during which the team has excelled by winning two gold, one silver and four bronze medals. The two gold medalists are Men's Spear player Chu Chi Wai and Women's Sword player Li Yi.
13 Players Entered the Field
The Wushu Team went through plenty of team trainings and contests this summer. Just as they returned from Beijing after training in August, they set foot on the trip to Taiwan for this Championship. The team sent nine Taolu (Routines) players and four Sanda (Free-Fighting) players, making the strongest configuration in history with the former champions in the last Asian Championship, World Championship, and Macau Wushu Championship.
Seven Medals Gained
On the first day of the game, Men's Nangun Player Huang Jun hua won the third prize with 9.66 points. On the next day, the team has been even closer to the champion position with Women's Changquan player Li Yi finishing as the runner-up at 9.69; Huang Jun Hua, as a Men's Nanquan player, won another round at 9.66 and a bronze medal. On the third day, Chu Chi Wai finally won the very first gold medal for the Macau team at 9.67 in Men's Spear. Li Yi also put on amazing performance and won the Women's Swordsmanship championship at 9.68. Chu Chi Wai and Sou Cho Man both won bronze medals at 9.65 and 9.63 respectively.
Sanda Players Spared No Pains
Sanda players did very well although they could not make it on the podium. Men's 56kg player Kan Kai Wa never gave up under his Iranian rival's attack, but finishing, after fierce battles, at the same score with his teammate Liao Yixin in Men's 60kg at 0:2, defeated by the Iranian team. Men's 65kg Sanda player Cai Aolong and 70kg player Huang Wen Da didn't go further in the competition with their strong Chinese and Iranian rivals. All the four Sanda players finished among top 8, a glorious result despite the lack of medals.
