2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's daoshu and gunshu

The women's daoshu / gunshu all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 21 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.[1]

Women's daoshu and gunshu at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament
VenueOlympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Dates23 August
Competitors7 from 7 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Hong Kong
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Malaysia

Background

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The favorite of the competition was Jade Xu (then known as Xu Huihui). At the 2007 World Wushu Championships, Xu became a three-time world champion.[2] Geng Xiaoling was another projected favorite, as she won a silver medal in daoshu and a bronze medal in changquan at the 2007 world championships which was also her international debut.[2] Another projected favorite could have been Macau's Xi Cheng Qing who won the gunshu and changquan silver medals at the 2007 world championships, but she decided to compete in the changquan event for this competition and won silver.[3]

Although Xu was ranked first in the gunshu event, Geng was able to achieve a superior performance for daoshu and won the competition.[4]

Schedule

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All times are Beijing Time (UTC+08:00)[5]

Date Time Event
Saturday, 23 August, 2008 09:30 Gunshu
Saturday, 23 August, 2008 20:29 Daoshu

Results

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Both events were judged without the degree of difficulty component.[6]

Rank Athlete Gunshu Daoshu Total
    Geng Xiaoling (HKG) 9.66 9.70 19.36
    Jade Xu (ITA) 9.69 9.62 19.31
    Chai Fong Wei (MAS) 9.60 9.56 19.16
4   Lee Wei Jen (CAN) 9.43 9.50 18.93
5   Yuliana Kurniawan (INA) 9.43 9.49 18.92
6   Julia Chernitsova (RUS) 9.49 9.38 18.87
7   Natalya Gerevitz (ISR) 9.44 9.21 18.65

References

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  1. ^ "Daoshu & Gunshu, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07.
  2. ^ a b "9th-World-Wushu-Championships-2007-Beijing-China-Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2007-11-12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. ^ "C10A6_Start List_Women's Changquan". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. 2008-08-21. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  4. ^ Sun, Tingting, ed. (2008-08-23). "Beijing 2008 Wushu tournament". China Central Television. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. ^ "C03A2_Competition Schedule_Taolu". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  6. ^ "C14AP_Two Events Combined Results_Women's Daoshu & Gunshu". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2021-02-25.