PH wushu team hauls 11 medals from Asian tilt

Delfin Dioquino
PH wushu team hauls 11 medals from Asian tilt
The Filipinos pocket 7 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals in the 1st Asian Traditional Wushu Championships

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine wushu team had a massive 11-medal haul from the 1st Asian Traditional Wushu (Kung Fu) Championships in Nanjing, China from November 28 to 30.

Agatha Wong, a bronze medalist in the 2018 Asian Games, and Johnzenth Gajo bagged two gold medals apiece as the Filipinos hauled a total of 7 golds, 1 silver, and 3 bronzes. 

The lone Filipina medalist, Wong reigned supreme in the Group B women’s taijijian and Group B women’s taijiquan events while Gajo ruled the Group A men’s changquan and Group A men’s short weapon events. 


Daniel Parantac, Thornley Quinley Sayan, and Jones Llabres Inso all won gold medals in Group B men’s taijijian, Group B men’s long weapon and Group B men’s taijiquan, respectively. 

Inso also struck silver in Group B of men’s taijijian. 

Parantac, Dave Degala, and Saundrex Gainsan pocketed a bronze each in the Group B men’s taijiquan, Group B men’s short weapon, and Group A men’s changquan, respectively. – Rappler.com

 

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.