World Taijiquan Championships

1st World Taijiquan Championships, Chengdu, PRC

This took place at the beginning of this month. It's not what you think. It's a completely different PRC competition circuit with a new rule system that is different that Taijiquan and Taijijian competition in Modern Wushu. There was a cursory discussion of this in our last cover story, The Form and Will of Internal Power (NOV+DEC 2014) and there will be more in the new issue, which drops next week.

This is all the web news I've found so far in English:

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Kyrgyzstanis make success at World Championships in Taijiquan
17/11/14 07:27, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency, by Ivan MARCHENKO

Kyrgyz successfully performed at the I World Championships in Taijiquan. This was reported by Traditional Wushu Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

As noted, the competition took place recently in Chengdu (China). Taijiquan - one of the most popular styles of wushu arts in the world. This year, the International Wushu Federation filed an application to the International Olympic Committee for inclusion Taijiquan into the Olympic sports. In connection with this WCH of this style was organized for the first time. It was attended by about 300 followers of this kind of sport and traditional Wushu from 30 countries.

It is reported that the Kyrgyz demonstrated technique without arms and with Jian sword in different kinds of programs. According to leading Chinese experts, Eugene Lopatkin performed in accordance with deep traditions peculiar to Taijiquan, showing energy and inner content of a true martial art. Lyubov Seryakova won silver certificate championship. Oleg Kosenko, Nikolay Kononenko, Elena Pavlenko, Aisuluu Asankulova took bronze certificates.

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Oops. We missed the 2nd World Taijiquan Championships. I did some backtracking. Apparently that was in Poland outside Warsaw in 2016. :o

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3rd World Taijiquan Championships
Burgas, Bulgaria
Sep. 25th – Oct. 2nd, 2018

GENERAL COMPETITION INFORMATION
DATE: Sep. 25th – Oct. 2nd, 2018
PLACE: Burgas, Bulgaria
VENUE: Sports Hall “Mladost” (map)
OPENING CEREMONY: Sep. 27th, 2018
CLOSING CEREMONY: Oct. 1st, 2018
PRELIMINARY ENTRY FORM DEADLINE: July 15th
FINAL ENTRY FORM DEADLINE: Aug. 15th
ONLINE REGISTRATION: iwuf.justtool.com
TEAM ARRIVAL DEADLINE: 24:00 (Bul Time) Sep. 25th
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE EMAIL: bgwuf@bgwuf.org
IWUF SECRETARIAT EMAIL: events@iwuf.org

MESSAGE
25.09.2018
DEAR FRIENDS,

PAYMENT OF FEES, INVOICES, FLAGS, NATIONAL ANTHEMS, MEDICAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

IN THE OFFICE OT 3RD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SPORTS HALL “MLADOST”

FROM: 16:00 -18:00

TEAMS OF

USA
India
Kazakhstan
Iran
Egypt
Chinese Taipei
Uganda
Germany

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Not much news on this in English actually. :(

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2 October 2018 - 16:32
Iranian practitioners win 7 medals at World Taijiquan Championships

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TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Iranian practitioners earned two gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the 3rd World Taijiquan Championships in Bulgaria.

Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh snatched the gold medal of women's simplified 32 movements Taijijian, as well as the silver medal of women's Yang style Taijiquan traditional routine.

Nima Sigaroodi gained the gold medal of men's simplified 24 movements Taijiquan and settled for silver in Chen style Taijijian traditional routine.

Javad Nouri in men's 3rd set Taijiquan, Shaereh Fathian in women's simplified 24 movements Taijiquan, and Tahereh Noroozi in women's Chen style Taijiquan traditional routine claimed three more bronze medals for Iran.

16 Iranian Tai chi practitioners participated in the 3rd edition of World Taijiquan Championships which kicked off in Bulgaria’s Burgas on September 25 and wrapped up today.

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Kiên wins gold at world wushu taijiquan champs
Update: October, 01/2018 - 18:00

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Phạm Ngọc Kiên of Việt Nam (centre) with his gold medal for taijiquan in Bulgaria. — Photo burgas2018.com
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Phạm Ngọc Kiên won gold at the third World Taijiquan Championships in Bulgaria yesterday.

He overcame Nicolas Nicolas of Indonesia and Javad Nouri of Iran to top the podium.

Taijiquan or tai chi is an ancient Chinese form of exercise originally created as a fighting art.

His teammate Phạm Nguyễn Hoài Nam came third in the third set taijiquan C-B.

Taijijian is tai chi with a straight double-edged sword.

Nguyễn Trọng Lâm also finished second to grab a silver in the men’s 42 Movements Taijijian C-A.

The Vietnamese team also won bronze medal through Trần Thị Khánh Ly in the Women’s Optional Taijijian C-B.

The championships kicked off on September 25 and will close today. — VNS

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SPRING 2019

U.S. Team Makes a Splash at the World Championships in Bulgaria, Winning 33 Medals
By Anthony Roberts

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Thunder Bay awarded 2024 World Taijiquan championships (2 Photos)
The Chinese martial art is on the short list for consideration for future Olympic games.
Nov 13, 2019 3:39 PM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff

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City officials estimate a preliminary national championship event next year will have an economic impact of $500,000 (Cory Nordstrom/TBTV)

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City Councillor Peng You attended the announcement at the Peng You Academy on Nov. 13, 2019 (Cory Nordstrom/TBTV)

THUNDER BAY — The International Wushu Federation has awarded the 2024 World Taijiquan (Tai Chi) Championships to the City of Thunder Bay.

The biennial international event features the highest competitive level within the Tai Chi discipline.

Local organizers say Wushu is the formal term for the Chinese martial art recognized by the International Olympics Committee.

It's on the short list for potential sports to be included in a future Olympic Games.

Wushu consists of various events, of which Tai Chi is the most widely practised.

City officials, in an announcement Wednesday, said they expect more than 500 participants from around the world for the 2024 event.

In preparation for it, Thunder Bay will also host next year's International Wushu Festival and National Championships, an event that will bring 300 competitors and staff to the venue at Lakehead University.

Officials estimate the economic impact from the 2020 event alone will total $500,000

The bid committee included representatives of the Thunder Bay Chinese Canadian Association, the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission, Tourism Thunder Bay, Peng You Taiji Quan Association, Wushu Ontario and Wushu Canada.

Organizers said the city is already known in China as the "Taiji City" of Canada.

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"on the short list for consideration for future Olympic games" :p