14th World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, Sep. 27 – Oct. 3 2017

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This is just a place holder for the end of this month. More to come...hopefully.

Actually, I wanted to post this so I could make this 15th WWC thread post.

For the record:
13 WWC
12 WWC
11 WWC
10 WWC
8 WWG
6 WWG

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Emblem revealed for World Wushu Championships in Kazan
By Dan Palmer Tuesday, 12 September 2017


The logo for this year's World Wushu Championships in Russian city Kazan has been unveiled ©IWUF

Described as "elegant" by the International Wushu Federation, the emblem features a dragon.

This is relevant to Kazan as the city's symbol is Zilant - a dragon or flying snake.

Zilant features on the city's coat of arms, while the dragon is also an important symbol in China where wushu was invented.

The IWUF said the logo had therefore "symbolically referenced the connection between China and Kazan".

A dragon's ability to breathe fire is also said to be depicted in the emblem.

In addition, it references the "baoquanli" martial arts greeting which is commonly used in wushu.


Wushu will take centre stage in Kazan this month ©Getty Images

The colours, red and green, are the same used in the flag of the Republic of Tatarstan, where Kazan is the capital city.

Competition at the World Championships will take place between September 26 and October 3 at the Universiade Village.

Bars, a snow leopard, has been unveiled as the event's mascot.

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.

Shanghai in China is the only candidate for the 2019 World Championships

I had to look up Zilant. Here are some wikipedia images:

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...but not from any North American sources. Hopefully some one else will cover this beyond us. I've yet to hear of any U.S. athletes to place.

MALAYSIA

PM congratulates wushu champion Wong Weng Son
Published: October 2, 2017 06:46 PM GMT+8


National wushu athlete Wong Weng Son. — Bernama pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today congratulated national wushu athlete, Wong Weng Son for winning a gold medal in the men’s jianshu (sword) event in the World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, today.

“Another #Kebanggaanku (pride) for Malaysia! Congrats Wong Weng Son for winning a gold medal in the men’s jianshu event in the World Wushu Championships! #Negaraku,” he said in a posting on his official Twitter page.

Weng Son collected 9.64 points to beat his challenger Lee Ha Sung from South Korea who won silver with 9.60 points while his team mate Yeap Wai Kin was in third placing with 9.53 points.

The victory was very meaningful for Weng Son when he only earned a silver medal in the jianshu and qiangsu (javelin) event the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games (KL 2017) recently. — Bernama

Sports Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Female Fighters Win in Wushu Championships



Shahrbanou Mansourian and Maryam Hashemi, the Sanda competitors of Iran’s National Wushu Team, won in the quarter-final and semi-final at the 14th World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia.

Iran’s women Wushu team has performed very well at the event, with Mansourian thrashing Shannon Morton from the US in the first round with one-sided points and racking up a huge point difference to secure a place in the semifinal, Mehr News Agency reported.

Mansourian had already knocked out a rival in her debut fight and was to clash with a player from India late on Monday.

In the weight class minus 70 kg, Hashemi defeated the Dutch representative to emerge as the first Iranian to find her way to the finals.

Hashemi will line up against Wushu exponent of the Philippines on Tuesday. The Filipina has a world record of bagging medals in world events.

The tournament ends on October 3.

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Team USA won silver in the final event - women's duilian (Lucy Lee and Mia Tian). Only three teams competed. Malaysia won, Macau would have placed second but was penalized for a broken sword, so the USA was bumped up. That was the only medal for the US, and it placed us 13th overall. Lucy Lee also just missed the podium in nandao, placing fourth. I think that was the highest placement of any US athlete.

Pooja Kadian creates history, wins first ever gold for India in Wushu World Championships
Pooja finished on top of the podium in the 75 kg women’s sanda category defeating Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the final.
By Zee Media Bureau | Last Updated: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 14:45


Courtesy: Twitter (@crpfindia)

New Delhi: In a historic moment for Indian sports, Pooja Kadian on Wednesday won the first ever gold medal for India at Wushu World Championships being held in Kazan.

Pooja finished on top of the podium in the 75 kg women’s sanda category. She defeated Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the final.

Pooja, who went past Egypt’s Heba Abdelkader 2-0 in the semis, is among the five Indian medal winners in the 14th edition of the World Championships.

Rameshchandra Singh Moirangthem (men’s sanda 48 kg), Bhanu Pratap Singh (men's sanda 60 kg) and Rajinder Singh (men's 90 kg) claimed bronze medals.

In the women's section, Arunpama Devi Keisham joined Pooja among the medal winners by claiming bronze in 65 kg sanda category.

Iran finishes runner-up in 14th World Wushu Championships
Tue Oct 3, 2017 05:32PM

Iranian male and female wushu practitioners have displayed extraordinary physical and mental skills at the 14th edition of World Wushu Championships, and managed to finish in the second place overall at the prestigious tournament.

Having won eight gold, one silver and two bronze medals, the Islamic Republic of Iran stood behind China, with 15 gold medals at the conclusion of the competitions at the Gymnastics Palace of Universiade Village in the western Russian city of Kazan.

Hong Kong collected five gold, three silver and three bronze medals to secure the third place.

On Tuesday evening, Elaheh Mansourian won the gold medal after beating Luan Thi Hoang of Vietnam in the final contest of women’s minus 52-kilogram category.

The Iranian wushu champion had earlier triumphed over representatives from Indonesia and South Korea in her march to the gold medal bout.


The Iranian men’s duelin Taolu team

Moreover, the Iranian men’s duelin Taolu team recorded convincing victories, and picked up the gold medal with a total score of 9.61 points. It was followed by the South Korean squad with 9.48 points. Ukraine garnered 9.47 points and claimed the third spot.

Additionally, Haniyeh Rajabi tallied 9.45 points to grab the bronze medal in the Shuang Jian (double straight sword) form of Taolu competitions.


Iranian wushu practitioner Haniyeh Rajabi

A female contestant from Hong Kong notched up 9.62 points to collect the gold. A representative from Ukraine got the silver medal with 9.47 points.

Also on Tuesday, Shahrbanou Mansourian took the honors after beating her Egyptian opponent in the final contest of women’s minus 65-kilogram category of the Sanda (sparring) discipline.


Iranian wushu practitioner Shahrbanou Mansourian

Mansourian had earlier overcome a representative from India to march into the title showpiece.

In the women’s minus 70-kilogram category, Maryam Hashemi prevailed over her Philippine rival and got the gold medal.


Iranian wushu practitioner Maryam Hashemi

Hashemi then announced that she had brought down the curtains on her professional wushu career.


Iranian wushu practitioner Mohsen Mohammadseifi

Later in the tournament, Mohsen Mohammadseifi collected the gold medal in the men’s minus 70-kilogram section after he defeated his Egyptian opponent.


Iranian wushu practitioner Yousef Sabri

Yousef Sabri overpowered a contestant from Macau in the men's minus 75-kilogram class of the Sanda section, and was awarded the gold medal.


Iranian wushu practitioner Moein Taghavi

Moein Taghavi beat his Belarusian opponent in the final match of men's minus 85-kilogram category and won the gold medal.


Iranian wushu practitioner Milad Arefi Magham

Furthermore, Milad Arefi Magham overcame a representative from Egypt in the title contest of men’s minus 90-kilogram division, and struck the yellow medal.


Iranian wushu practitioner Hamid Reza Qolipour

Hamid Reza Qolipour, however, lost to a competitor from China in the final bout of men’s over 90-kilogram weight category, and received the silver medal.

Sanda, sometimes called Sanshou or Lei tai, has all the combat aspects of wushu, but includes many more grappling techniques.

The 14th edition of World Wushu Championships kicked off on September 27, and concluded on October 3, 2017.

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Let's see, we've heard English news from Malaysia, Iran, India and now Egypt, Vietnam & the Philippines.

Wushu fighter finds gold after 16 years for VN
Update: October, 05/2017 - 09:00


Võ Minh Đức (left) was against Filipino Arnel Mandal in the men’s 52kg category final. — Photo tv screen shot
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam ended their title drought at the world event, winning a gold medal in sanda (combat) at the World Wushu Championships, which closed in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday.

Võ Minh Đức defeated Filipino rival Arnel Mandal in the men’s 52kg category final at the Gymnastics Palace – Universiade Village.

It is the third gold medal for Việt Nam in the combat event, so far, and all are in the men’s pool.

The first one went to Đào Việt Lập in the 56kg discipline in 1997. The second medal was won by Diệp Bảo Minh at the 2001 edition of the tournament.

On the women’s side, Việt Nam secured two silvers in Kazan

Hoàng Thị Luân lost to Iranian Elaheh Mansoryansamiroumi in the 52kg class final. Her teammate Nguyễn Thị Trang was defeated by Chinese Cai Yingying in the 60kg pool.

Following five days of competition, a total of 44 gold medals were awarded to athletes.

Việt Nam won two gold, five silver and two bronze medals, and ranked sixth.

The results, according to head of the Việt Nam team Vũ Văn Trung, met the target that was set prior to the tournament. All athletes performed to the best of their ability.

China topped the medal tally with 15 golds. Iran were second winning eight golds and Hong Kong came third with five. — VNS

Philippines bags two silver, two bronze medals in World Wushu Championship
From: Reuben Terrado October 4, 2017, 01:00 pm



Philippines bags two silver, two bronze medals in World Wushu Championship

THE Philippines bagged two silver and two bronze medals in the 2017 World Wushu Championship in Kazan, Russia.

Arnel Mandal and Hergie Bacyadan lost to their final opponents on Tuesday in in the sanda event.

Mandal lost to top-seed Minh Duc Vu of Vietnam in the men's 52kg division, ending his run that began with a round-of-16 win over Uchit Sharma of India and an upset over second-ranked Aydin Yikilmaz of Turkey in the quarterfinal.

In the semifinals, Mandal beat Sargis Sargsyan of Armenia.

Bacyadan competed in the women's 70kg division, defeating No. 1 Danielle Newsom of the United States in the semifinal round before falling to Maryan Hashemiforoud of Iran.

Divine Wally and Francisco Solis settled for bronze medals.

Wally beat Albina Mambeton of Krygyzstan in the women's 48kg quarterfinals before losing to Shimeng Dai of China.

Solis overcame Hayk Gasparyan of Armenia in the round-of-16, and Hamza Faud Yahia of Jordan in the quarterfinals, before being eliminated by second-seed Ungjim Yun of Korea in the semifinals.

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Kung Fu - Wushu : All the same in Egypt.

Kung Fu Egyptian team – File Photo/Superkora

Kung Fu National team get 7th place in Russia World Cup
By: Ahmed Sief Thu, Oct. 5, 2017

CAIRO – 4 October 2017: The Egyptian National Team of Kung Fu won the seventh place in the overall ranking of the World Kung Fu Championship, which was held recently in the city of Kazan, Russia, which participated by 64 countries.

The Pharaohs won seventh place after winning 6 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.

The medals were as follows:
Sherouk Zaki (Silver 65K)
Ayman Galal (Silver 70K)
Omar Mamdouh (Silver 90K)
Heba Abdelkader (Bronze 75k)
Ashraf Abdel Gawad (Bronze 85K)
Moataz Rady (Bronze Over 98K)

While the Iranian team won the first place in the World Kung Fu Championship with 8 medals 7 gold medals and single silver.

The national team is headed by Hussein Abdel Mawgod, the Sanda coach, and Khallaf, the martial arts coach.

Egypt won the 6th African Wushu Kung Fu Championship and ranked first in the Wushu Sanda and Taolu martial arts styles at the African Championship held in Benin on July 19 to July 24.

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...forgot to search 'taijiquan'

Putting it briefly: RI’s Lindswell retains wushu world title
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Tue, October 3 2017 | 01:11 am


Lindswell Kwok (Courtesy of Wushu Indonesia)

Lindswell Kwok (Courtesy of Wushu Indonesia)Indonesia’s top wushu athlete in women’s taijiquan, Lindswell Kwok, has won a gold medal at the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, on Sunday.

Wushu, taijiquan, also known as tai-chi, is a barehanded event in the taolu discipline, which features compulsory or individual routines.

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35 pix if you follow the link. Only cherry picked the non-podium & non-talking heads ones.

Medals to winners and handing the flag to Shanghai: World Wushu Championships ended in Kazan
10:45, 04.10.2017 35







Oleg Tikhonov

14th World Wushu Championships ended in the Kazan Gymnastics Centre. The tournament took place in the capital of Tatarstan from 28 September to 3 October. The competitions had two major wushu events: sanda and taolu. International Wushu Federation Vice-President Anthony Goh, First Deputy Minister on Youth Affairs and Sport of Tatarstan Khalil Shaikhutdinov and Director of the Shanghai Wushu Institute Yuan Wei participated in the closing ceremony.