POSTED: Saturday August 28th 2010
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First medals decided at World Combat Games

Beijing, Aug 28: A historic moment for the World Combat Games: Jia Rui, Macau Wushu fighter, is the first athlete to win a gold medal in the SportAccord World Combat Games ever.

Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR) is the first Sumo fighter to win a gold medal at the World Combat Games

With amazingly liquid motions he scores 9.80 in Men’s Changquan.

In Women’s Jianshu, Zheng Tianhui from Hong Kong astounds the audience and the judges with an extraordinary performance. She scores 9.80 and wins both Jianshu and Quiangshu.

Iranian athlete Farshadarabi wins Men’s Nagun with 9.80.

Taicheauxuen from Malaysia achieves the highest score in Women’s Nanquan and excites the spectators.

The most competitive game is Men’s Gunshu. With a score of 9.87, Lu Yongxu wins the first gold medal for host country China.

Taijiquan is accompanied by music. Ng Shin Yii from Malaysia performs outstandingly and ranks first.

The last champion of the evening comes again from China. Huang Yingqi scores 9.86 and makes the audience happy winning the second gold medal for China.

12 medals were issued today in Sumo, all were taken by athletes either from Japan, Ukraine or Russia. Ukrainian Middleweight Sumo fighter Maryna Pryshchepa is the first Sumo champion of the SportAccord World Combat Games. In a thrilling fight she defeated her Russian opponent Anna Alexandrowa (RUS) Pryshchepa’s team colleague Maryna Maksymenko (UKR) was third.

Heavyweight was dominated by Anna Zhigalova (RUS) who beat Olga Davydenko (UKR) easily. The bronze medal went to Japan player Ueta Yuka.

Middleweight champion Ryo Ito (JPN) defeated in the gold medal fight his team mate Katsuo Yoshida (JPN) and became the first male Champion of these SportAccord World Combat Games. Third was Yevgen Kozlyatin (UKR).

In Heavyweight, Alan Karaev was the only one who could break Japanese dominance. Beyond all expectations, he won his gold medal fight Hiroaki Tanaka (JPN). Fighting for bronze, Tomita Genki (JPN) held his nerve to beat Byambajav Ulambayar from Mongolia.

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sportaccord-Combat-Games/113093988718129
http://www.beijing2010.org

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Keywords · Combat Games · Martial Arts · Beijing · 2010 · Jet Li · Aikido · Judo · Karate · Kendo · Kickboxing · Sambo · Sumo · Taekwondo · Wrestling · Wushu · Hein Verbruggen · SportAccord · Sportaccord

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First medals decided at World Combat Games

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