USAWKF News

Date: December 3, 2003

Results of US Team at the 7th World Wushu Championships

The US National Wushu Team led by Anthony Goh, Lu Xiaolin and Tat Mau Wong ranked 11th among the 58 countries competing at the 7th World Wushu Championships (7th WWC) which was held in Macau, China on November 2-8, 2003.

The US Team achieved good results at the above championships with 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. In addition, several athletes achieved rankings in the top 8 of their respective categories.

The 45-member US Team thoroughly enjoyed their competition days in Macau. Athletes, Coaches, Officials and Observers formed an excellent team in providing support for each other during this challenging event. We want to congratulate Elaina Maxwell for winning the first gold medal ever for the US Team. We are so proud of her accomplishment, not only for herself, but for the team as well. We also want to congratulate Patrick Barry and Susan Paschkewitz for their silver and bronze medal respectively. Taolu athletes who were ranked in the top 8 are Jessica Zhang, Felicia Zhang, Dyra Sao & Stephon Morton. Congratulations!

The Taolu coach, Chen Dao Yun, and the Sanshou coach, Gao Mei Jian, provided excellent guidance for the team and ensured that each team member was properly prepared for their respective event. Dr. Santos Martinez, our team doctor, was very attentive in providing medical supervision for the team. Sanshou coaches from the US including Shawn Liu, Cung Le, Brent Hamby, Josh Bartholomew and Rudi Ott, were also on site to provide support to the athletes.


USAWKF Board Member, Malee Khow, served as a judge for Taolu and Wang Tao of Dallas was a Sanshou judge at this prestigious event. Dr. C.P. Ong, who is also a USAWKF Board Member, was invited by IWUF as a speaker at the Wushu and Olympic Culture Symposium.

We will post more about the 7th WWC and pictures on our website soon. The results of the US Team are as follows:

SANSHOU TEAM

Elaina Maxwell - Gold Medal - 70 kg (Women)

Patrick Barry - Silver Medal - 90 kg (Men)

Susan Paschkewitz - Bronze Medal - 60 kg (Women)


TAOLU TEAM WOMEN

Category
Name
Rank
# of Competitors
Women’s Jianshu
Jessica Zhang
5th
13
Women’s Daoshu
Felicia Zhang
6th
8
Women’s Qiangshu
Sarah Chang
11th
12
Women’s Changquan
Felicia Zhang
13th
26
Women’s Changquan
Sarah Chang
16th
26
Women’s Taijijian
Deborah Yang
17th
29
Women’s Taijiquan
Deborah Yang
17th
36
Women’s Taijiquan
Jessica Zhang
21st
26

TAOLU TEAM MEN

Category
Name
Rank
# of Competitors
Men’s Daoshu
Dyra Sao
6th
28
Men’s Jianshu
Stephon Morton
8th
19
Men’s Nandao
Jason Lui
11th
23
Men’s Daoshu
Justin Ma
15th
28
Men’s Changquan
Dyra Sao
17th
68
Men’s Nanquan
Jason Lui
19th
47
Men’s Changquan
Justin Ma
30th
68
Men’s Changquan
Stephon Morton
33rd
68

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