SINGAPORE: Having competed at six Southeast Asian ( SEA ) Games, three Asian Games and other international meets,  , wushu exponent Vera Tan is no stranger to top-level competition.
However, the 26-year-old had been anticipating the 4th World Taijiquan Championships, and it will be one she may stick around for a while.  ,
Tan clinched two of Singapore’s five medals – children’s additional taijijian and fresh yang type taijiquan – at the meet. She even won copper in the recommended taijiquan earlier in the opposition, which took place from August 24 to August 27 at the OCBC Arena.
” I… did not expect a medal haul like this. It’s something to be happy about”, she told CNA on Tuesday ( Aug 27 ).
It was about ten years ago that Tan even won a silver medal at the , additional taijiquan event.
The final model was supposed to be in 2020, but COVID had already been released, so this was postponed all the way to 2024. I’ve been really looking forward to it, and I’m happy I managed to pull it off”, Tan said.
Rising sun Zeanne Law, 18, won medals in the women’s additional taijiquan function as well as the additional taijishan. In the extra taijijian, she even won gold.
Singapore’s other gold was won by Charlotte Ng in the taijiquan ( 39 movements ) event.  , Besides the gold medal pull, there were also four golds and five statues for Singapore.
In the three jin fields, taijiquan uses bare arms, taijijian opponents use a sword, and taijishan rivals use a Foreign fan.
A “VERY BRIGHT” FUTURE
Speaking to CNA,  , Singapore Wushu Dragon and Lion Dance , Federation CEO Leow Meng Hong said the destination had been four medals and the players exceeded expectations.
” We wanted to have great results, we planned for it, and the players worked very hard for it”, he said. ” We knew they we could reach that, and they have produced the effects”.
Singapore’s jujitsu field has grown in the last four to five years, he added.
This is due to a larger talent pool, with more young people taking up the sport and competing at the National School Games and the National Wushu Championship.
We scouting for talent to join our national team and work with the national squad, he continued. ” We see younger children joining wushu”.
Rules serves as an illustration of this. She won the taijiquan competition at the World Wushu Championships in November of last year.