The World Junior Wushu Championships (WJWC) is an international Wushu competition held every two years by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for competitors under the age of 18.
Over the years, Wayland Li Wushu has successfully placed its students on the Canadian National Wushu Team and participated in the WJWC.
2026 - 10th World Junior Wushu Championships
Congratulations to the success of all 14 athletes from Team Canada, including 9 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships!
Dates: March 26-31
Location: Tianjin, China
Key achievements:
9 athletes from Wayland Li represented Canada on the National Wushu Team in taolu competition
Gold medal 🥇in Girls Youth Group A Changquan for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal 🥇in Girls Youth Group A Gunshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Bronze medal 🥉 in Girls Youth Group A Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal 🥇in Girls Junior Group B Qiangshu for Venus Li
Gold medal 🥇in Boys Junior Group B Qiangshu for Eason Gao
Silver medal 🥈in Boys Junior Group B Jianshu for Eason Gao
Gold medal 🥇in Boys Junior Group B Nangun for Lucas Liu
Gold medal 🥇in Girls Group C Gunshu Thea Dong
Bronze medal 🥉 in Girls Group C Daoshu for Thea Dong
Gold medal 🥇in Girls Group C Nanquan Khloe Peng
8th place in Boys Youth Group A Gunshu for Allen Liu
4th place in Boys Group C Jianshu and Qiangshu for Lucas Caragheorghii
6th place in Boys Group C Nanqdao for Derrick Sun
With 7 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals, this was the strongest showing for Team Canada Wushu. Canada placed 4th for Taolu!!
Congratulations to all of national team athletes from across Canada, including Junchen Yang, Miranda Wei, Max Dong, Roberta Zhang and Matea Cheng. It was a blast to be on this journey together!
And a special congratulations to Shifu Wenqi Li and Coach Erica Li for your hard work and perserverance in coaching so many athletes.
Well done!
Canadian National JUNIOR Wushu Team, 2026
Group A
Lia Tang-Ruggiero *
Roberta Zhang
Miranda Wei
Allen Liu*
Junchen Yang
Max Dong
Group B
Venus Li *
Matea Cheng
Eason Gao*
Lucas Liu*
Group C
Thea Dong*
Khloe Peng*
Derrick Sun*
Lucas Caragheorghii*
* Denotes Wayland Li athlete
Results for Wayland Li Athletes at the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships
Group A Female
Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Changquan Finals 🥇 Gold, 9.203
Changquan Preliminary Round 9.203 (tied for 1st)
Gunshu 🥇 Gold, 9.163
Daoshu 🥉 Bronze, 9.026
Group A Male
Allen Liu
Gunshu Finals 8th place, 9.093
Gunshu Preliminary Round 4th place, 8.923
Changquan Preliminary Round 11th place, 8.993
Daoshu 11th place, 8.913
Group B Female
Venus Li
Changquan 5th place, 8.82
Jianshu 5th place, 8.49
Qiangshu 🥇 Gold, 8.833
Group B Male
Eason Gao
Qiangshu 🥇 Gold, 8.846
Jianshu 🥈 Silver, 8.593
Changquan 7th place, 8.81
Lucas Liu
Nangun 🥇 8.833
Nandao 9th place, 8.70
Nanquan 11th place, 8.636
Group C Female
Thea Dong
Gunshu 🥇 8.526
Daoshu 🥉 8.506
Changquan 5th place, 8.513
Khloe Peng
Nanquan 🥇 8.486
Jianshu 8th place, 8.383
Qiangshu 12th place, 8.31
Group C Male
Derrick Sun
Nandao 6th place, 8.46
Nangun 8th place, 8.393
Nanquan 10th place, 8.39
Lucas Caragheorghii
Jianshu 4th place, 8.443
Qiangshu 4th place, 8.37
Changquan 14th place, 8.243
