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Valeria Dudamel Takes Changquan Silver at Dakar 2026, Venezuela's First Wushu Medal at an Olympic Event
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Valeria Dudamel Takes Changquan Silver at Dakar 2026, Venezuela's First Wushu Medal at an Olympic Event

Coached by her father Hernando, Venezuela's Valeria Dudamel scored a career-first 9-plus in gunshu (9.246) on her way to...

Angel Polo Fifth in Women's Taijiquan Combined Final at Dakar 2026 After Costly Taijishan Deduction
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Angel Polo Fifth in Women's Taijiquan Combined Final at Dakar 2026 After Costly Taijishan Deduction

The Philippines' Angel Polo scored 9.250 in taijiquan but a 0.20 deduction for touching the floor in taijishan left her...

Nguyen Khac Le Hoang Wins Vietnam's First Medal of Dakar 2026 with Taijiquan Silver
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Nguyen Khac Le Hoang Wins Vietnam's First Medal of Dakar 2026 with Taijiquan Silver

Vietnam's only wushu athlete in Dakar, Nguyen Khac Le Hoang, scored 18.692 in the men's taijiquan combined final for sil...

Ng Zhe Nin and Mentor Vera Tan: The Partnership Behind Singapore's First Dakar 2026 Gold
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Ng Zhe Nin and Mentor Vera Tan: The Partnership Behind Singapore's First Dakar 2026 Gold

Ng Zhe Nin's women's taijiquan combined title was Singapore's first medal of Dakar 2026 and its first Summer Youth Olymp...

Kalina Slavcheva Finishes Ninth in Taijiquan Combined at Dakar 2026, One Place Short of the Final
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Kalina Slavcheva Finishes Ninth in Taijiquan Combined at Dakar 2026, One Place Short of the Final

Bulgaria's Kalina Slavcheva placed ninth in the women's taijiquan combined at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games with 16...

Poon Hao Ran Wins Hong Kong, China's First-Ever Youth Olympic Gold in Wushu Taijiquan
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Poon Hao Ran Wins Hong Kong, China's First-Ever Youth Olympic Gold in Wushu Taijiquan

15-year-old Poon Hao Ran scored 9.360 in both taijiquan and taijishan to win the men's taijiquan combined at Dakar 2026...

Germany's Mia Zhuo, 15, Takes Taijiquan Bronze as the Only European in a Dakar 2026 Wushu Final
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Germany's Mia Zhuo, 15, Takes Taijiquan Bronze as the Only European in a Dakar 2026 Wushu Final

Fifteen-year-old Mia Aurelja Xianglin Zhuo from Tübingen won bronze in the women's taijiquan combined at Dakar 2026, Eur...

Wushu's First Olympic Champions: Lin Yilei, Sondos Sonbol, Poon Hao Ran and Ng Zhe Nin Win Gold at Dakar 2026
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Wushu's First Olympic Champions: Lin Yilei, Sondos Sonbol, Poon Hao Ran and Ng Zhe Nin Win Gold at Dakar 2026

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 O...

Egypt's Sondos Sonbol Wins Women's Changquan Gold at Dakar 2026, Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu Takes Historic Bronze for India
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Egypt's Sondos Sonbol Wins Women's Changquan Gold at Dakar 2026, Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu Takes Historic Bronze for India

Egypt's Sondos Sonbol won the women's changquan combined final at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games with 18.660 points....

Lin Yilei Wins Wushu's First-Ever Olympic Gold in Men's Changquan at Dakar 2026
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Lin Yilei Wins Wushu's First-Ever Olympic Gold in Men's Changquan at Dakar 2026

China's Lin Yilei won the men's changquan combined final at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on 3 November, claiming t...

Benin's Nelcy Noudofinin and Gabon's Tracy Assengone End Dakar 2026 Wushu Campaigns Just Outside the Finals
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Benin's Nelcy Noudofinin and Gabon's Tracy Assengone End Dakar 2026 Wushu Campaigns Just Outside the Finals

Benin's Nelcy Noudofinin finished tenth in the women's Taijiquan Combined on 16.189 and Gabon's Tracy Assengone eleventh...

Ng Zhe Nin Leads Women's Taijiquan Combined into Dakar 2026 Final, Chu Yu En and Angel Polo in Pursuit
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Ng Zhe Nin Leads Women's Taijiquan Combined into Dakar 2026 Final, Chu Yu En and Angel Polo in Pursuit

Singapore's Ng Zhe Nin tops the women's Taijiquan Combined standings after both preliminary routines at Dakar 2026 on 18...