Taiwan bags 12 golds at Hong Kong Wushu Championship
2012/03/07 22:46:29
Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Taiwan won 12 gold, nine silver and two bronze medals at the 2012 Hong Kong Wushu International Championship, according to a local martial art association Wednesday.
Seven members of the Chinese Shaolin Zen Martial Association attended the invitational competition held in Hong Kong in late February and won a total of 23 medals at the contest, excelling among more than 8,000 participants who competed in the event, said team coach Hsiao Chin-tsai.
They shined in the categories of spear, long and short weapons, double boardsword, apparatus duel, imitation boxing, gun shu and southern fist, he said.
The association's Huang Yun-chen and Wu Tsai-yu, both high school students, took three gold medals and one bronze, and two golds and one silver medal respectively, while brothers Teng Lo-hsin and Teng Lo-ang won a total of two gold and four silver medals, Hsiao said.
Hsiao said their performances shows that Taiwan has many talented martial artists, adding that even better performances can be expected from the athletes in the near future at the East Asian Games and the Asia Games.
The championship was held Feb. 24-28 in Hong Kong.
(By Lee Yu-cheng and Ann Chen)