Congratulations to the success of all 14 athletes from Team Canada, including 10 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships!
Key achievements:
10 athletes from Wayland Li represented Canada on the National Wushu Team in taolu competition
Gold medal 🥇in Group B Gunshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal 🥇in Group B Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal 🥇in Group C Daoshu for Ryan Gao
Silver medal 🥈in Group C Daoshu for Thea Dong
Bronze medal 🥉 in Group C Qiangshu for Eason Gao
Bronze medal 🥉in Group A Qiangshu for Chris Gao
Venus Li, Marcus Li, Amanda Sun, Allen Liu and Kai-Hsin Chang finishing with top 10 or better placements in their respective divisions
With 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, there was the strongest showing for Team Canada ever in a single competition event. Canada placed 8th overall!
Congratulations to all of national team athletes from across Canada, including Junchen Yang, Virigina Cai, Melissa Hai and Julianna Huang. It was a blast to be on this journey together!
The championships were held in Brunei from September 22 - 29, 2024.
And a special congratulations to Shifu Wenqi Li and Coach Erica Li for your hard work and perserverance in coaching so many athletes.
Go, go, go Wushu go!
