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Wushu<br />
The traditional Chinese martial art sport of Wushu<br />
was held at the Assam Rifles Indoor Stadium from<br />
7th to 10th February 2016 in Shillong. A relatively<br />
new sport to South Asian Games, the event had both<br />
the forms in Taolo and Shanshou. Taolo for men<br />
featured Chanquan, Nanquan and Nangun, Daoshu<br />
and Gunshu, Taijiquan and Taijijian. The Daoshu and<br />
Gunshu category did not feature in the women’s event.<br />
Shanshou for men featured 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 65kg,<br />
70kg and 75kg weight categories while Shanshou for<br />
women featured only 52kg, 60kg and 70kg weight<br />
categories. Barring Maldives and Bhutan all the<br />
countries participated in the event with a total of 60<br />
male athletes, 27 female athletes and 30 team officials.<br />
Eventhough, the hosts ran away with 11 of the possible<br />
16 Gold medals in Wushu, the sport witnessed some<br />
really close bouts between the participating countries.<br />
Pakistan finished with 2 Gold medals, followed by<br />
Nepal winning 1 Gold and 10 Silver medal; with some<br />
luck they could have easily added a few more Golds to<br />
their tally. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan also won a Gold<br />
each.<br />
The inclusion of Wushu in SAG immensely helped in<br />
popularizing the sport and was conducted in a befitting<br />
manner by technical team comprising of 12 ITOs, 24<br />
NTOs and Competition Director Shri Shambu Seth.<br />
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12 th SOUTH ASIAN GAMES | POST GAMES REPORT
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