BEIJING, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's world bronze medallist Ang Eng Chong finished a disappointing eighth with 9.25 points in the men's changquan on the second day of the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008.
China's world champion Yuan Xiachao was near flawless as he delighted the home crowd in the long fist discipline to grab the gold with 9.83 points while Semen Udelov of Russia and Ehsan Pewyghambari of Iran took the silver and bronze this morning.
Watching on was China's Jet Li, himself a child wushu star who punched and kicked his way to film stardom and Hollywood. He made a quick exit soon after he was caught by television cameras inside the venue at the Olympic Sports Centre gymnasium.
Malaysia's reigning world champion Chai Fong Ying is lagging behind in the taijiquan. She will have to step up in the next routine, the taijijian, Saturday night to improve her medal contention.
In the taijiquan this morning, the 21-year-old Malaysian was in third spot with 9.64 points. China's Cui Wenjuan is leading with 9.85 points, Japan's Ai Miyaoka is second with 9.66 points and Taiwan's Fan Man Yun is lurking in fourth place with 9.62 points.
For the tournament here, the taijiquan, a soft and slow fluent movement martial art, is combined with the taijijian, which involves taijiquan and swordplay, as one event.
Tonight, national pugilist Pui Fook Chien will complete the nangun, a southern China cudgel displine, in the men's nanquan and nangun combined event and if he produces another solid performance, he will go home with a medal.
Fook Chien was joint second in the nanquan, the southern China style of fist boxing, yesterday, with Kok Nakata of Japan on 9.72 points, just two hundreth of a point behind leader Willy Wang of the Philippines.Another Malaysian, Diana Bong, will be in the women's nanquan tonight after her seventh placing in the nandao, an element of nanquan but which uses a short broad sword, yesterday. The medals are awarded for the nanquan and nandao combined event in the women's competition.
Lee Yang, Malaysia's world bronze medallist in 2005, will start off tonight in the men's taijijian and in the taijiquan tomorrow night.
A total of 10 gold medals are at stake in the tournament, which is split into floor disciplines called "tao lu" and combat fighting known as "sanshou", held alongside the Olympic Games.China have grabbed three gold already in the men's changquan, men's daoshu and gunshu combined event and women's jiangshu and qiangshu combined event. The women's changquan gold was lifted by Iran's Daria Tarasova.
Malaysia's seven 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).
-- BERNAMA
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