BEIJING, Aug 21 (Bernama) - National pugilist Pui Fook Chien opened strongly in the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008, which started Thursday to coincide with the Olympic Games.
Fook Chien is lying joint second in the men's nanquan and nangun combined category, which brings together the southern China fist boxing style and cudgel disciplines respectively, at the Olympic Sports Centre gymnasium .
Fook Chien and Koki Nakata of Japan both scored 9.72 points in the nanquan, just two hundredth of a point behind leader Willy Wang of the Philippines, as the contest heads in the nangun discipline Friday night for the medal decider.
In the women's nandao, the southern China broadsword event, Diana Bong is in seventh spot with 9.44 points after the first part of the nandao and nanquan combined contest. The nanquan is also scheduled Friday night.
The wushu tournament comprising the 'taolu' and 'sanshou' competitions has over 100 exponents from 43 countries participating in 15 events.
Malaysia have sent seven exponents to take part in the 'taolu' floor discipline competition, featuring a series of attack and defense movements using bare hands or the use of weapons like the cudgel, spear and broadsword.The 'sanshou' is a combative contest with each bout consisting of three two-minute rounds.
The Malaysian competitors here are Ang Eng Chong (men's changquan), Lee Yang (men's taijiquan and taijijian combined), Lim Yew Fai (men's jianshu and qiangshu combined), Pui Fook Chien (men's nanquan and nangun combined), Diana Bong (women's nanquan and nandao combined), Chai Fong Wei (women's daoshu and gunshu combined) and Chai Fong Ying (women's taijiquan and taijijuan combined).
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge is scheduled among the medal presenters for the wushu winners Friday. The medals, however, are not counted in the Olympics tally.
-- BERNAMA
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