2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's changquan

Martial arts competition in Beijing 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament Men's changquan at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium 22 August 10 10 Yuan Xiaochao CHN Semen Udelov RUS Ehsan Peighambari IRI The men's changquan competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.2008-08-22 C13A5_Individual_Men's Changquan In Detail http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/83354.shtml live https://web.archive.org/web/20080915224413/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/83354.shtml 2008-09-15 2021-02-24 The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic GamesWushu — Changquan, Men https://www.olympedia.org/results/901257 live 2021-02-26 Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20210318132303/https://www.olympedia.org/results/901257 2021-03-18 Background The favorite of the competition, Yuan Xiaochao, had been undefeated in changquan in international competitions since 2005 which included gold medal victories at the World Wushu Championships, the Asian Games, and at the East Asian Games. Aung Si Thu and Ang Eng Chong were also projected favorites as they were the silver and bronze medalists respectively at the 2007 World Wushu Championships. At the Beijing Wushu Tournament, Yuan Xiaochao clearly dominated the competition with a wide margin and thus won the gold medal.2008-08-22 China win 3 more golds at Wushu Tournament Xinhua News Agency http://www.china.org.cn/sports/news/2008-08/23/content_16306418.htm 2021-02-26 The silver medalist Semen Udelov and bronze medalist Ehsan Peighambari impressed with their performances as Udelov ranked 7th and Peighambari ranked 24th at the 2007 World Wushu Championships. Both athletes were also selected through the wild card process by Russia and Iran respectively since they did not originally qualify by placing in the top six.2007-11-14 9th World Wushu Championships 2007 Beijing China Results http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9th-World-Wushu-Championships-2007-Beijing-China-Results.pdf live 2021-02-26 International Wushu Federation https://web.archive.org/web/20191024011310/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9th-World-Wushu-Championships-2007-Beijing-China-Results.pdf 2019-10-24 Daisuke Ichikizaki, who was another close contender, missed the silver medal due to a 0.1 deduction. Schedule All times are Beijing Time (UTC+08:00) DateTimeEventFriday, 22 August 200809:30Final Results The event was judged with the degree of difficulty component. RankAthleteScoreYuan Xiaochao CHN9.83Semen Udelov RUS9.63Ehsan Peighambari IRI9.594Daisuke Ichikizaki JPN9.585Aung Si Thu MYA 19749.376Siow Kin Yan SIN9.327Andrie Mulianto INA9.298Ang Eng Chong MAS9.259Nicholas Grimwood NZL7.7510Emrullah Gul TUR7.27 References External links Official Website Men's changquan Men's changquan