N. Sumatra scores triple victory in wushu event

N. Sumatra scores triple victory in wushu event

Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Palembang

The wushu competition at the 16th National Games (PON) started
on Friday with four golds on offer.

North Sumatra took three gold medals and Central Java grabbed
the other.

North Sumatra won three golds in the men's taiji quan
category, as well as men's and women's dao shu, while Central
Java won gold in the women's taiji quan category.

The success was welcomed by North Sumatra officials and
supporters, who cheered lustily after the competition at the
Pertamina sports compound.

In men's taiji quan, Howandy Santoso of North Sumatra won the
gold, Matius Joko Wahyono S of East Java took the silver and
Franky Yulianto of South Kalimantan won the bronze.

In men's dao shu, Central Java's Seno Prakoso took the gold,
followed by Hartono Jaya N of South Sumatra, who won silver, and
Gora Nebulana of Jakarta took the bronze.

In women's taiji quan, Jainab of North Sumatra took the gold
with her impressive performance.

She booked an average score of 91.5 to win the gold, followed
by Linda Sagita of East Java, who won silver with a score of 90.5
and Dwi Arimbi of North Sumatra, who won bronze with a score of
90.5.

In women's daoshu, North Sumatra's Nurdiana won the gold by
scoring an average of 90.6 points, passing East Java's Yuliana
Kurniawan who was settled with silver on 89.1 points and
Christine Agustine of West Java with bronze on 88.8 points.

Wushu's sanshou was also held on Friday, but is still in the
preliminary stages.

On Saturday, the wushu competition will see four more gold
medal events in men's chanquan, women's chanquan, men's qiang shu
and women's qiang shu.

Men's jianshu, women's jianshu, men's gun shu and women's gun
shu finals will be held on Sunday while men's nanquan, women's
nanquan will be held on Monday.

There are a total of 14 gold medals from Friday to Monday up
for grabs at the wushu venue.

In PON 2000 in East Java, wushu athletes from Java swept all
medals available in the wushu competition.