Agatha Wong saved her best for last to rule wushu’s taijijian (taolu) event and give Team Philippines its first gold medal in the sport it used to dominate in the Southeast Asian Games.
“I miss my family,” said Ms. Wong, in her black Team Philippines tracksuit, after fulfilling the post-event doping requirements.Ms. Wong wowed the judges in the event that had the nine participants wielding a double-edged sword traditionally used in Chinese martial arts, and earned a score of 9.71 points.
Hometown bets Huyen Tran Thi and Trang Tran Thi tried hard to get the crowd going at the Cau Giay Gymnasium. But they couldn’t do any better than 9.70 and 9.69 for the silver and bronze, respectively. Team Philippines, which won seven gold, two silver and two bronze medals in wushu in 2019, will go home with a gold, two silvers, the other one courtesy of Jones Inso in men’s taijiquan , and a bronze, also provided by Mr. Inso in taijijian.
Two more Filipinos were in action as of presstime yesterday — Thornton Quieney Sayan in men’s nangun and Johnzenth Rapada in men’s gunshu. Ms. Wong was asked if she was looking forward to next year’s SEA Games in Cambodia. “Maybe. I don’t know. I’m not sure,” she said with her beautiful smile.
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