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RI grabs 2 world wushu golds
Written by The Jakarta Post, www.thejakartapost.com   
Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:00

Lindswell and Dessy Indri Astuti beat their Chinese competitors in two martial arts categories to grab two gold medals for Indonesia on the opening day of the World Junior Wushu Championship in Bali on Wednesday.

The two golds came in the taolu competition, with Lindswell triumphing in the women's 42-forms taijiquan event and Dessy in the women's nangun at the Westin hotel in Nusa Dua.

Indonesia added to its tally a bronze courtesy of Thalia Lovita in the women's jianshu event.

While Thalia was beaten by eventual gold medalist Mori Miki of Japan and silver medalist Phoon E. Yin of Malaysia, Lindswell dominated the 10 competitors in her field.

The 17-year-old athlete from Medan, North Sumatra, executed her five-minute routine almost to the letter to earn 9.45 points out of 10. Hi Shixing of Macau and Kim Ok-jin of South Korea had to make do with second and third places with 9.17 and 9.06 points, respectively.

"It surprised me a bit because I know it was a competition with strong competitors," Lindswell said.

Dessy, on the other hand, had come to the games with an air of confidence having clinched gold at the recent National Games.

She earned a score of 9.45, narrowly beating Tai Cheau Xuen of Malaysia who was awarded 9.42. Vu Thuy Lin of Vietnam took bronze.

Although Indonesia's medal tally did not take the home country to the top of the medals table, the home team was delighted with their athletes' performances.

"These two golds are important to raise the fighting spirit among the kids," said Supandi Kusuma, chairman of Wushu Indonesia.

The second edition of the biennial championship brings to the table 62 gold medals from two disciplines -- taolu (artistic) and sanshou (fighting).

The taolu participants are split into three categories -- A (from 16 to 18 years old), B (13 to 15) and C (7 to 13) -- and will contest a total of 50 gold medals in the men's and women's division, while the sanshou men's and women's fighters will duke it out for 12 golds.

A total of 700 athletes and officials from 44 countries are taking part in the tournament, which will run until Saturday.

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2008 13:39
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VN takes first gold medal at World Young Wushu Champs
Written by VietNamNet   
Thursday, 11 December 2008 12:58

VietNamNet Bridge – After the opening ceremony of the World Young Wushu Championships 2008 in Bali, Indonesia, Vietnamese wushu artists won the first medals.

Pham Quoc Khanh won the first gold medal in the men’s club performance with 9.50 points.

 

Vu Tra My took the second gold medal in women’s fence, with 9.41 points.

 

Nguyen Thanh Trung claimed a silver medal in the men’s Taijiquan (gold medal went to a Chinese artist) while Vu Thuy Linh obtained a bronze medal in the women’s club performance and Cao Khac Dat, a bronze medal in the men’s knife performance.

 
 
Iran in Wushu Championship quarterfinals
Written by Press TV   
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:03
Three Iranian athletes have advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Junior Wushu Championship currently held in Bali, Indonesia.

Iran's Sajjad Abbasi, Akbar Moahammadzadeh and Ali Shir-Aghaie stormed into the sanshou quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Abbasi managed to defeat his Brazilian rival in two consecutive rounds in the -70 kg category.

In the 52 kg class, Moahammadzadeh beat his opponent from Azerbaijan in two consecutive rounds.

Moreover, Shir-Aghaie gained a victory over the Russian wushu athlete Ivanov in the 56 kg group.

Athletes from 43 countries are taking part in the Bali event which takes places from December 9 to 14.

Wushu is a full-contact sport based on traditional Chinese martial arts.

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Chance for Kimberly to strut her stuff in World Juniors in Bali
Written by LIM TEIK HUAT, The Star   
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:10

PETALING JAYA: Wushu exponent Kimberly Goh’s hopes of making a golden debut for Sarawak in Sukma (Malaysia Games) in Kuala Terengganu last May were dashed when she came down with an ankle injury just before the competition.

But Kimberly now has a chance to shine on a bigger stage when she leads a 12-member Malaysian squad for the World Junior Championships, which begin today in Bali.

The 16-year-old is the only remaining member of the Malaysian squad who raked in a medal haul of 6-8-7 in the previous championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2006. Then, Kimberly contributed a gold in the girls’ taijiquan in Group B (13-15).

She will be competing in Group A (16-18) this time in three events — taijiquan, taijijian (taiji sword) and qiangshu (spear).

Despite the lack of training, Kimberly is determined to make her presence felt in the World Juniors.

“The last time, I took part in two events. I have one more event (qiangshu) this time and I hope to get better results,” said Kimberly, who left with the team for Bali last Sunday.
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Eight countries pull out from Wushu championship in Bali
Written by The Hindu News   
Tuesday, 09 December 2008 16:37

JAKARTA (Xinhua): The World Junior Wushu championship started on Tuesday in Bali, Indonesia, with eight countries had withdrawn from the competition, a paper said here. The Bali event takes places from Dec. 9 to 14 at Westin Hotel Nusa Dua Bali, with 22 gold medals for grab.

Forty-three countries are taking part in the game after the withdrawal of the eight.

"Eight countries recently pulled out of the championship, including Italy and Brunei Darussalam," said the secretary general of the Indonesian Wushu Association, who was only named Ngatino by the Jakarta Post.

Ngatino said, however, that the withdrawal had no impact on the competition.

Defending champion China, as well as the United States will field full squad of 20 athletes, the maximum allowed by the organizer.

Indonesia dispatched 17 athletes, with 11 to compete in taolo ( artistic event) and six in san shou (Fighting event).

In the inaugural event in Malaysia in 2006, China won most of the medals, taking home 16 gold and one silver, followed by Vietnam. Indonesia on one gold and three silvers medals in the tournament.
 
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