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Faustina Woo Wai Sii
Faustina Woo Wai Sii (; born 21 June 1992) is a retired Bruneian wushu athlete of Chinese descent specialising in tai chi. Career It was the first time the sultanate had taken home a medal in an international Wushu tournament when Woo and Lee Ying Shi took home the bronze at the 5th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in Macau, China, in June 2009. In Vietnam, at the 3rd Asian Indoor Games, the Bruneian pair took home bronze. On 7 November 2009, Woo and Lee tied for third place with Indonesia in the women's single weapon vs. weapon competition, scoring 9.40 at the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium. At the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane, Woo and Lee won Brunei's first and only silver medal. On 13 December 2009, at the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre, the pair won Brunei's first silver medal. In the women's duilian event, they received 9.45 points, splitting the silver medal with Vietnam, who received the same score from the judges. The 4th World Traditional W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu (surname)
Hu (Wikt:胡, 胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. In 2019, Hu was the fifteenth most common surname in Mainland China. Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include Wikt:瓠, 瓠, Wikt:護, 護, Wikt:戶, 戶, Wikt:扈, 扈, Wikt:虎, 虎, Wikt:呼, 呼, Wikt:忽, 忽, Wikt:斛, 斛 and Wikt:壺, 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is also pronounced as "Wu" or "Woo" or "Ow". Meaning In Classical Chinese, ''hú'' 胡 meant: "dewlap; wattle (anatomy), wattle" and was a variant Chinese character for "how; why; what" (''he'' Wikt:何, 何), "long-lasting; far-reaching" (''xia'' Wikt:遐, 遐), "part of a dagger-axe", ''hu-'' in "butterfly" (''hudie'' Wikt:蝴蝶, 蝴蝶), or possibly "Northern Barbarians". History According to tradition, the Hu (胡) surname has several historical origins. First, Hu could derive from the family of Duke Hu of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Junior Wushu Championships
The World Junior Wushu Championships (WJWC) is an international wushu competition organized by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for competitors below 18 years of age. There are three age groups for the Taolu events and there is also a Sanda category. Editions Source: * 2020 in Rabat, Morocco was cancelled. Medals (2014 - 2022) History Taolu Group A has existed since the first rendition of the championships. The age group was originally 16-18 but changed to 15-17 as a result of a vote in 2019. From 2006 to 2012, Group A athletes were required to compete using the IWUF second set of compulsory routines. In 2014 and 2016, this was changed to the IWUF third set of compulsory routines. In early 2018, Group A were allowed to do optional routines instead of compulsory routines, and would be judged without the Degree of Difficulty requirement. Group A athletes who placed in the top six in the 2014 World Junior Wushu Championships were allowed to compete in the 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Asian Games Torch Relay
The 2010 Asian Games torch relay was held from October 12, 2010 through 21 cities in Guangdong province and 2 cities outside the province before the opening ceremony on November 12, 2010. Prior to the relay, a lighting ceremony was held back on October 9, 2010. Some 2,068 torchbearers were expected to carry the torch. The relay leg in Harbin was held in a minor scale due the climatic conditions,as the leg was held inside the main venue of the 1996 Asian Winter Games complex, the Harbin Ice Hockey Rink, while the relay on October 15, 2010 was affected by Typhoon Megi (2010), Typhoon Megi as it was held under the rain. The leg held from November 6–8 acted as a test relay. The flame travelled across China aboard a China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-200 named "Flight Guangzhou 2010" (Registration B-6057), with the airline company being the official partner of the games. Torch Two torch designs were short-listed in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games. ''"The Tide"'' ( zh, c= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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