The World Wushu Championship ends with the Chinese team winning 15 golds and ranking first – Yunnan Net

　　original title:World Wushu Championship ends with Chinese team winning 15 gold medals and ranking first

The 16th World Wushu Championships ended with a bang in Fort Worth, Texas, USA on the 20th. The Chinese team won 15 gold medals and topped the medal list.

According to statistics from the International Wushu Federation, the Vietnamese team ranked second and third with 5 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes, and the Macau team of China ranked second and third with 5 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes. Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia ranked fourth to sixth respectively.

Overall, players from Asia are the strongest in the world of martial arts. Among the many European participating teams, the Italian team performed best, ranking 11th with 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze.

On the 20th, all eight players from the Chinese team who participated in the Sanda finals of each kilogram category won the championship. In previous routine competitions, the Chinese team has won 7 gold medals.

Zhang Qingchun from Beijing was only 22 years old. He won the men’s spear shooting championship on the 19th. Standing on the podium, tears welled up in his eyes. He told Xinhua News Agency reporters that during the preparation process, he was always worried that his performance was not perfect and that there might be sudden mistakes, but “at the moment when I stood on the field, the tension and excitement could not be described in words… This kind of pressure made me More excited.”

There is no doubt about the strength of the Chinese martial arts team, but they do not underestimate their opponents. Liu Wenlong, the men’s 80kg Sanda champion, is from Henan. He told reporters after the game that the Chinese team had a good preparation environment. They trained for a month before the competition. The coaching team helped the players study the strengths of each opponent and formulate corresponding training plans.

The 35-year-old French Sanda champion Yoann Benboudela started practicing martial arts at the age of 10. He has won nine French championships and is also a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Wushu Championships. This is his fifth time competing in the World Championships and he won the runner-up in the men’s 75kg Sanda category. He said after the game that he was very happy and proud to return to France with the World Championship silver medal, but was sad that he did not win the gold medal. He was unable to perform at his best due to a leg injury sustained during an event last month. Next, his goals have been set at the European Wushu Championships and the 17th World Wushu Championships to be held in Brazil in 2025.

During the event, reporters met athletes and martial arts fans from the United States and many other places around the world, who showed their sincere enthusiasm for martial arts. American martial arts fan Gary Golf said: “We need more events like this, and the scale should be bigger.” The 34-year-old Brazilian Sanda female player E Prado Camargo is preparing for the next World Championships in Brasilia Happy to hold. She said: “I have always dreamed that the World Wushu Championships could be held in our country one day, so that I can invite my family and friends to watch the competition… My dream has come true!”

The biennial World Wushu Championships is the highest level world-class event hosted by the International Wushu Federation. This championship is sponsored by Hengyuanxiang Group. (Reporter Xu Jianmei and reporter Zhou Yilan)