Malaysia's wushu athletes eye Youth Olympic medals
Yong Xin delivered Malaysia's first gold with a flowing performance that earned her 9.426 points in the girls' 16–18 taijijian (taiji sword) yesterday. Singapore and Vietnam took silver (9.333) and bronze (9.316) respectively.
She had earlier earned silver in the traditional taijiquan after scoring 9.356. China took gold with 9.420.
Yong Xin is looking forward to wushu's much-anticipated debut at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal.
"I'm very happy to have achieved this and am looking forward to the Youth Olympic Games," she said.
Meanwhile, 14-year-old Lee Ronn clinched gold in both the boys' 14–15 daoshu (broadsword) and gunshu (stick) events. He topped the daoshu final with 9.336 points, ahead of Taiwan (9.330) and Indonesia (9.320).
Later in the day, the Melaka lad dazzled with another gold in the gunshu event, scoring 9.303. Singapore (9.266) and Indonesia (9.260) settled for silver and bronze respectively.
Malaysia also took another gold through Logan Lim in the boys' 13 and under nandao (sword) with a score of 9.106.
Malaysia wrapped up their campaign in China with an overall haul of four gold, six silver and seven bronze, finishing seventh out of 20 participating nations.
Malaysia Wushu Federation president Datuk Chong Kim Fatt said the athletes' performance is a promising sign for the Youth Olympic Games.
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