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UPDATED: 09:23, November 28, 2004
Asian Wushu championship ends in Myanmar
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The 6th Asian Wushu Championship, which ended here Saturday evening, produced 45 gold medals with China winning 21, Vietnam and Myanmar 5 each.

The four-day Asian championships were attended by more than 500athletes, coaches and sports officials from 25 countries and regions.

It was the largest ever event in scale with highest technical standard since the first championship in Japan.

China won 11 golds in Taolu events and 10 golds in Sanshou events.

Meanwhile Vietnam stands second with 10 silvers and 14 bronzes and Myanmar third scoring 8 silvers and 9 bronzes in the competition.

Besides, China's Macau and the Philippines won 3 golds each, Iran, Singapore and Malaysia got 2 golds each and China's Hong Kong and South Korea shared one gold each.

Out of 29 members of Wushu Federation of Asia (WFA), 25 countries and regions -- Bangladesh, Brunei, China, China's Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, China's Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen and host Myanmar -- joint the event.

Source: Xinhua


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