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Congrats Lia on your second gold medal performance π₯ at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei to become world champion of Group B Gunshu (in addition to Daoshu). Well done!
The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) selects all gold medal winners and shares their videos as part of the βonline learning classroom.β Weβre thrilled that the IWUF selected Lia in this regard.
Liaβs video coverage was posted on February 28, 2025.
Jiayou!
To close out the Lunar New Year festivities, the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto invited Wayland Li Wushu to perform at the Aga Khan Museum over the February break long weekend (Feb 15-17).
Each day consisted of two lion dances throughout the museum interacting with the crowds of familes, and a wushu demonstration on the event stage.
Great job everyone!
On Sunday, February 16, 2025, members of Canadian National Junior Wushu Team were honoured for their achievements at the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships by local Canadian government officials.
Thank you to Mr. Michael Chan, Deputy Mayor of Markham for organizing the award recognitions for our Canadian youth athletes and hosting a presentation ceremony. Additionally, thank you to Mr. Frank Scarpitti, Mayor of Markham, for your continued support. Your support of our athletes and the advancement of the Canadians in the sport of Wushu on the world stage means a lot to us!
Those honoured were Lia, Ryan, Thea, Eason, Chris, Marcus, Venus, Amanda, Allen and Kai-Hsin. They were presented each with a plaque from the City of Markham and bouquet of flowers for their outstanding achievements (see more here).
And a big shoutout to Coach Li for initiating the recognition for our world champions.
Congrats to everyone!
Congrats Yuki Xu for your achievements at the 2024 Guangdong Kids Wushu Elite Tournament (2024εΉ΄εΉΏδΈηε°εΏζ¦ζ―η²Ύθ±θ΅), in Shenzhen, China.
Yuki competed in the youth division and took home a gold medal π₯and silver medal π₯in Changquan and Gunshu.
The tournament had over 300 teams from across the province of Guangdong, with more than 10,000 young athletes competing in various wushu taolu divisions.
Congrats Yuki on becoming the Guangdong Province young champion!
Congrats Lia on your gold medal performance π₯ at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei to become world champion of Group B Daoshu. Well done!
The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) selects all gold medal winners and shares their videos as part of the βonline learning classroom.β Weβre thrilled that the IWUF selected Lia in this regard.
Jiayou!
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 π₯in Group B Gunshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal π₯in Group B Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal π₯in Group C Daoshu for Ryan Gao
Silver medal π₯in Group C Daoshu for Thea Dong
Bronze medal π₯ in Group C Qiangshu for Eason Gao
Bronze medal π₯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!
Congratulates to all Canadian athletes that competed in the 2024 Pan-American Wushu Championships!
Dates: August 29th - September 2, 2024
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Key Achievements:
Nearly 60 members of the Canadian Wushu National Team competed in the championships, representing Canada among more than 1,000 athletes from 12 countries participating in the games
Wayland Li athletes won a total of 21 π₯gold medals, 19 π₯silver medals and 10 π₯bronze medals
Congratulations everyone on your hard work and amazing achievements!
Congratulates to all 30 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2024 Canadian Nationals!
Dates: August 3rd and 4th, 2024
Location: Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada
Key Achievements:
10 athletes from Wayland Li selected to represent Canada on our Junior National Wushu team at the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei. Congratulations to:
A Group: Amanda Sun, Allen Liu, Chris Gao, Kai-Hsin Chang
B Group: Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Venus Li, Marcus Li
C Group: Thea Dong, Ryan Gao, Eason Gao
8 gold medals, 6 silver and 1 bronze for our Group A athletes Amanda, Chris, Allen, Kai-Hsin, Chloe and Ellie
9 gold medals, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals for our Group B athletes Lia, Venus, Marcus, Robert, Roberta, Lucas, Timmy, Johnny
6 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals for Group C athletes Thea, Clara, Ryan and Eason
6 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze for Senior athletes Erica, Rex, Caleb and Antigone
3 gold medals, 5 silver medals and many top 5 finishes for Open Recreational athletes Ashany, Madison, Ella, Louise, Jacob, Lucas and Tommy.
Rex Lam was the 2024 Canadian National Champion for senior male athletes, and Erica Li was the 2024 Canadian National Champion for senior female athletes
Open recreational events: 8 students participated in competition for the first time, taking home many gold, silver and bronze medals.
The 2024 Canadian Junior National Wushu Team: (front row from right to left): Allen, Chris, Kai-Hsin, Virginia, Amanda, Julianna, Marcus, Junchen, Lia and Venus; (middle row from right to left): Ryan, Eason, Melissa and Thea.
This fall brings plenty of national and international Wushu competitions.
We thrilled to be competing at the Canadian National Championships this coming weekend, and then at PanAm Wushu Championships later in August (Santa Clara, California).
Our athletes have been training hard under the guidance of Master Li. We hope to make the Canadian National Team and compete at this yearβs 9th World Junior Wushu Championships being held in Brunei.
Jia you!
Congratulations to the success of all 44 athletes from Wayland Li Wushu that competed in the 2024 Ontario Martial Arts Games and Selection Event!
Key achievements:
44 athletes in high performance Wushu divisions with stellar results: 41 gold medals π₯, 28 silver medals π₯, and 12 bronze medals π₯
Optional Division: 9 gold medals π₯, 4 silver medals π₯. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Erica, Rex, Caleb and Tiggy.
Group A: 8 gold medals π₯, 9 silver medals π₯, and 1 bronze medal π₯. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Amanda, Chloe, Ellie, Kai-Hsin, Chris and Allen.
Group B: 14 gold medals π₯, 8 silver medals π₯, and 7 bronze medal π₯. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Lia, Venus, Roberta, Cindy, Marcus, Lucas, Timmy, Johnny and Robert.
Group C: 10 gold medals π₯, 7 silver medals π₯, and 4 bronze medal π₯. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Thea, Brianna, Clara, Khloe, Avery, Ryan, Eason and Jiahao.
Congrats to everyone!!! Jia you!
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