China's Lin Yilei, Egypt's Sondos Sonbol, Hong Kong, China's Poon Hao Ran and Singapore's Ng Zhe Nin are wushu's first Olympic champions after the four taolu finals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on 3 November. All medallists and scores.

Wushu has its first four Olympic champions. On Tuesday, 3 November, the closing day of the sport's medal debut at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, China's Lin Yilei won the men's changquan combined, Egypt's Sondos Sonbol the women's changquan combined, Hong Kong, China's Poon Hao Ran the men's taijiquan combined and Singapore's Ng Zhe Nin the women's taijiquan combined at the Dakar Expo Center in Diamniadio.

All medallists

Men's changquan combined

  • Gold: Lin Yilei (CHN)
  • Silver: Asael Christo Jacob Rondonuwu (INA)
  • Bronze: Arash Pahali (IRI)

Women's changquan combined

  • Gold: Sondos Sonbol (EGY), 18.660
  • Silver: Valeria Frannerys Dudamel Alvarado (VEN), 18.199
  • Bronze: Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu (IND), 18.039

Men's taijiquan combined

  • Gold: Poon Hao Ran (HKG)
  • Silver: Nguyen Khac Le Hoang (VIE)
  • Bronze: Kawamura Shiki (JPN)

Women's taijiquan combined

  • Gold: Ng Zhe Nin (SGP), 18.713
  • Silver: Chu Yu-En (TPE)
  • Bronze: Mia Aurelja Xianglin Zhuo (GER)

Video: European Wushu Television / YouTube, footage: Olympics

Lin Yilei opens the history books

China's flag bearer Lin Yilei led the men's changquan combined after both preliminary routines and finished the job in the final, a result Xinhua described as the first wushu gold medal in the history of Olympic events. Indonesia's Asael Christo Jacob Rondonuwu took silver and Iran's Arash Pahali bronze.

Sonbol gives Africa a wushu champion

At the first Olympic event ever held in Africa, Egypt's Sondos Sonbol won the women's changquan combined with 18.660 points. Venezuela's Valeria Frannerys Dudamel Alvarado took silver with 18.199, and Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu won bronze with 18.039, India's first wushu medal at an Olympic event.

Poon Hao Ran takes men's taijiquan

Poon Hao Ran gave Hong Kong, China gold in the men's taijiquan combined. After the preliminary round he had been second, 0.017 behind USA's Marshall Brayton, who led with 18.693. Vietnam's Nguyen Khac Le Hoang, his country's first wushu athlete at the Youth Olympic Games, won silver, and Japan's Kawamura Shiki bronze.

Ng Zhe Nin delivers for Singapore

Ng Zhe Nin, who had led the women's taijiquan combined since the preliminaries, won the final with 18.713 points: 9.353 in taijishan (fan) in the morning and 9.360 in taijiquan later in the day. It was Singapore's first medal of these Games. Chu Yu-En of Chinese Taipei took silver and Germany's Mia Aurelja Xianglin Zhuo bronze.

"I am really happy and proud, and definitely relieved that I have finally finished everything and won gold." - Ng Zhe Nin

A historic debut

Dakar 2026 is the first time wushu has been on the official medal programme of an Olympic event. Athletes from 46 countries and regions competed across the four taolu events from 1 to 3 November, with the eight best combined scores in each event going through to Tuesday's finals.

Read more: Lin Yilei wins wushu's first-ever Olympic gold and Sondos Sonbol wins women's changquan gold.

Sources: Olympics.com, Xinhua, Inside the Games, Red Hot Singapore.

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