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!
