WANA (Sep 15) – The 10th Asian Wushu Championship, hosted by Macau and featuring athletes from 23 countries, concluded with China claiming the championship title and Iran securing second place.

 

In the final medal standings across both men’s and women’s Sanda and Taolu events, China dominated with 18 golds, 1 silver, and 3 bronzes.

 

Iran’s national wushu team finished as the runner-up, earning 7 gold, 3 silver, and 5 bronze medals.

 

Malaysia came third with 3 golds, 4 silvers, and 3 bronzes. Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, Kazakhstan, India, and Japan ranked 4th to 10th respectively in the medal table.

Iran’s Zahra Kiani shined with 2 individual gold medals in Taolu, marking the country’s first gold medals in individual Taolu at the continental championship.

 

Iran’s medalists:

Gold: Zahra Kiani (2 golds), Mohammad Nasiri, Mohammadreza Rigi, Ali Khorshidi, Shahrbanoo Mansourian, and Yasaman Bagherzadeh

Silver: Amirhossein Hemmati, Sedigheh Daryaei, and Soheila Mansourian

Bronze: Duelling Girls (Zahra Kiani and Helia Asadian), Mohammad Farhadi, Reza Abdollahi, Helia Asadian, and Sogand Sinkai

 

Zahra Kiani, Social media/ WANA News Agency