15th World Wushu Championships in 2019

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Shanghai the only bidder for 2019 World Wushu Championships (http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1054101/shanghai-the-only-bidder-for-2019-world-wushu-championships)
By Dan Palmer Monday, 14 August 2017

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Only the Chinese city submitted an application by the deadline of the end of June, organisers the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) have confirmed.

It means that the city is almost assured of winning the rights to host the event in two years time.

However, the IWUF constitution still obliges the city to make a presentation before the World Championships can be officially awarded.

This will take place next month during this year's World Championships in Russian city Kazan, which are scheduled to be held between September 27 and October 3.

China is the world's dominant wushu power with the martial art originating in the country.

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Shanghai is the only bidder for the World Wushu Championships in 2019 ©Getty Images

However, the Asian nation has only hosted the World Championships twice before - on both occasions in capital Beijing in 1991 and 2007.

The biennial event was last held in Indonesian capital Jakarta in 2015.

Shanghai does have major wushu event experience, staging the IWUF's inaugural Sanda World Cup event in 2002.

Wushu was one of three sports from a final shortlist of eight not to be recommended for inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

It missed out alongside bowling and squash.

Baseball/softball, climbing, karate, skateboarding and surfing were all accepted.


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13 WWC (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69008-The-13th-World-Wushu-Championships-in-Jakarta-Indonesia)
12 WWC (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66860-12th-World-Wushu-Championships)
11 WWC (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61484)
10 WWC (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55298)
8 WWG (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39541)
6 WWG (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302)

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World Wushu Championships launch emblem and mascot design comp (https://www.shine.cn/sport/1809071761/)
Xu Wei
11:12 UTC+8, 2018-09-07

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Ti Gong

The 15th World Wushu Championships, to be held in Shanghai in October of next year, has launched a global emblem and mascot design competition.

According to Sun Zongqing, jury president for the selection process, they hope to find ingenious designs that combine the elements of traditional Chinese martial arts culture with the spirit of Shanghai.

All entries will be voted on by the public in an online selection process, the results of which will be released late October.

Ambassadors and a theme song for the championships will also be selected in the following months.

People who are interested in making a submission can send their emblem and mascot designs to wwc2019@vip.163.com by the end of September.

Source: SHINE Editor: Wang Qingchu

Coming at us in a year...

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World Wushu Championships release emblem and mascot (https://www.shine.cn/feature/art-culture/1811245622/)
Xu Wei
11:29 UTC+8, 2018-11-24

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The emblem of the 15th World Wushu Championships

The 15th World Wushu Championships, to be hosted in Shanghai next year, released its emblem and mascot on Friday.

The organizer received a total of 227 entries from home and abroad. Finally an emblem ingeniously combines the Chinese character of Shanghai with its abbreviation “SH” stood out.

The mascot named Hihi is inspired by dragon horse, a legendary animal in ancient China. The mascot is clad with traditional Chinese costumes with the patterns of white magnolia, the city flower of Shanghai.

In the following months the event will also globally select its image ambassador and theme song.

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The mascot of the 15th World Wushu Championships

Source: SHINE Editor: Wang Qingchu

The mascot doesn't work for me at all. :(