The women's daoshu / gunshu all-around competition at the

2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament The 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament (Chinese: 北京2008武术比赛; pinyin: ''Běijīng 2008 wǔshù bǐsài'') was a wushu competition which was held from August 21 to 24, 2008 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The tourn ...

was held on August 21 at the

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Background

The favorite of the competition was

Jade Xu Xu Huihui (; born February 9, 1986) is an actress and former competitive Wushu (sport), wushu taolu athlete who lives in the United States. She is a three-time world champion and is one of the most renowned athletes to represent a European country ...

(then known as Xu Huihui). At the

2007 World Wushu Championships The 2007 World Wushu Championships was the 9th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China from November 11 to November 17, 2007. Nearly 1,000 athletes from 89 IWUF national fede ...

, Xu became a three-time world champion. Geng Xiaoling was another projected favorite, as she won a silver medal in daoshu and a bronze medal in changquan at the 2007 world championships which was also her international debut. Another projected favorite could have been Macau's Xi Cheng Qing who won the gunshu and changquan silver medals at the 2007 world championships, but she decided to compete in the changquan event for this competition and won silver. Although Xu was ranked first in the gunshu event, Geng was able to achieve a superior performance for daoshu and won the competition.

Schedule

All times are Beijing Time ( UTC+08:00)

Results

Both events were judged without the degree of difficulty component.

References

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