PH wushu team wins 4 medals

Team Philippines finished 15th overall in the 37-nation competition dominated by China. #worldwushuchampionships

The Philippine wushu team collected four medals at the 15th World Wushu Championships (WWC) in Shanghai, China from October 19 to 24.

Russel Diaz lost in the finals of the 48-kilogram division to India’s Praveen Kumar while Arnel Mandal bowed to Mahmoud Atef of Egypt in the 52-kg. division to settle for two silvers.

Cordilleran fighter Divine Wally settled for a bronze medal in the 48-kilogram division of wushu sanda (contact category) on Wednesday after losing to Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Chinh in the semifinals.

Clemente Tabugara provided the country’s fourth medal when he lost in the semifinals of the 65-kg. division won by Iran’s Efren Ahangarian.

Another Cordilleran, Gideon Padua, failed to make podium in his debut.

Team Philippines finished 15th overall in the 37-nation competition dominated by China which hauled 14 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze.

Iran wound up second with a 9-2-1 gold-silver-bronze medal tally followed by Hong Kong with 5-4-1.

Indonesia is the best placed Southeast Asian nation with a 3-0-1 tally that is good for fourth place while Malaysia came in with a 2-5-1 haul that is good for sixth.

Vietnam wound up ninth with a 1-4-4 medal tally.