The Chinese Martial arts competition of the 14thNational Games officially kicked off at Xianyang Vocational and Technical College, Shaanxi province at 9 a.m. on September 1st.
173 athletes from 26 national teams from Gansu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macau, Shaanxi, etc. gathered in Xianyang to compete for dominance in the martial arts.
On the first day of the competition, a total of 7 competitions in 3 units were held, namely: men's long fist(Chinese changquan), women's southern fist(Chinese Nanquan), men's broadsword play, women's southern broadsword play(Chinese nandao), men's cudgel, women's southern cudgel(Chinese nangun), and women's cudgel. Two golden medals came out on that day. One of the golden medalist Wu Zhaohua, a player of Jiangsu team, won the all-around champion of men's long fist(Chinese changquan), broadsword play and cudgel. The other golden medalist Zhang Yaling from Fujian team won the all-around championship of women's Southern fist(Chinese Nanquan), southern broadsword play (Chinese Nandao) and cudgel. Zhang Di, Secretary of the Party Committee of Xianyang Vocational and Technical College, presented awards to the winners.
It is said that there will be 7 competitions of men's Southern fist(Chinese nanquan), women's long fist(Chinese changquan), men's southern broadsword play(Chinese nandao), women's swordplay, men's southern cudgel(Chinese nangun), women's spearship, and men's spearship on September 2nd . At that time, 2 gold medals will be produced again.
