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[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China (August 22, 2019) - Chinese Taipei dominated the first day of the WuxiWorld Cup Poomsae Championships which began today in the Taihu InternationalExpo Centre in Wuxi, China. The day started with Individual Recognised Poomsae, followed by Poomsae MixedPair performances, before finishing with the team recognised poomsae performances for both male and female groups.Chinese Taipei dominated the men’s and female’s individual recognised poomsaecompetitions with a combined total of seven gold medals. The USA also recordeda successful day with a total of five golds, while Thailand secured twovictories, and Iran and Vietnam each taking home a gold medal. Jui tse Yu (TPE) beat Shawn Seo (USA) in the men’s cadet competition forIndividual Recognised Poomsae, while Jingkun Dong (CHN) and Vladimir Vanivskii(RUS) took bronze. Quoc viet Pham (VIE) defeated Ryan Real (USA) in the men’s juniorcategory for Individual Recognised Poomsae. Chieh-en Hsueh (TPE) added anothermedal for Chinese Taipei with bronze, while the first medal of the day forThailand was won by Sippakorn Wetchakornpatiwong (THA) who claimed the second bronzemedal. Yun-zhong Ma (TPE) won gold in the men’s Individual Recognised Poomsae under30 competition with a captivating display, gaining top points for accuracy andpresentation. Pattarapong Sengmueang (THA) finished second, leaving Yuxiang Zhu(CHI) and Ngoc Minh hy Nguyen (VIE) to take bronze. In the under 40 men’s Individual Recognised Poomsae competition forrecognised poomsae, only two places were up for grabs on the podium, withJustin Wang (USA) taking gold over Sina Khalash Ghezelahmad (IRI). The men’s under 50 Individual Recognised Poomsae competition saw Pok SunYang (USA) take gold over James Gies (CAN), who secured Canada’s first medal ofthe event. Shao-hung Cheng (TPE) added to Chinese Taipei’s impressive first daymedal count with bronze. Garth Cooley (USA) won gold in the men’s under 60’s Individual RecognisedPoomsae, beating Mohsen Kazemi (CAN) to top spot. Hsiao-yao Su (TPE) finishedthird to take bronze. Shuang hsia Chen (TPE) came out victorious with gold over silvermedallist Donald Cottee (USA) in the under 65 male category. Huo-shih Chen (TPE), born in 1952, was the oldest participant at today’scompetition. He won gold in the men’s over 65 competition. In the Individual Recognised Poomsae for the female cadet competition,Chia-jung Liu (TPE) won gold over Ratchadawan Tapaenthong (THA) in a closecompetition. Jiaqi Cheng (CHN) and Thuy nhi Bui (VIE) also secured their placeson the podium. The female junior Individual Recognised Poomsae saw KanokchanokJareonying (THA) win gold and Pin-chieh Huang (TPE) take silver. Picking up thebronze medals were Mi zah Ha (VIE) and Megan Lee (USA). For the under 30 female competition, Ornawee Srisahakit (THA) securedgold while Thi tuyey mai Lien (VIE) took silver. Yuhan Ji (CHN) and Ying-hsianLee (TPE) were awarded bronze. In first place for the under 40 female competition, Seyedeh Masoumeh Hosseini (IRI) won the first medal for Iranin the women’s competition and the first gold medal overall for the country. KathyDo (USA) finished second, while Wen-yi Chen (TPE) won bronze. With the only two medals up for grabs, Thoa Nguyen (USA) beat TatianaParfenenko (RUS) to top spot in the under 50 individual recognised poomsae competition. The female under 60s Individual Recognised Poomsae saw Chinese Taipeicome out on top after an impressive display by Han wen Chang (TPE) over ThurDoolittle (USA), while Lisa mae Petropoulos (CAN) secured bronze. Yu Lien Lo (TPE) took the gold over Svetlana Selezneva (RUS) and SusanCronin (USA) in the under 65 poomsae. The over 65 female group saw Tweedy Nguyen (USA), the second oldestcompetitor of the day. She took gold as the only competitor to enter the groupafter a strong performance. In the Recognised Poomsae Mixed Pair performances, it was again ChineseTaipei who dominated with four gold medals from the men’s and women’scompetition. For the Cadet pair poomsae, Chinese Taipei won gold, while Vietnamobtained silver and the USA and Thailand took the bronze medal places. In the Junior pair poomsae, gold was awarded to Thailand and Vietnamsecured another silver medal over Chinese Taipei and Iran with bronze. Hosts China took gold in the under 30 pair competition for Recognised Poomsae.Chinese Taipei won silver while both Vietnam and Thailand collected bronze. Iran beat the USA in the Recognised Poomsae over 30 pair competitionwhile Canada took bronze. The Team Recognised Poomsae line up saw Thailand take the gold in themen’s cadet competition, with Vietnam securing silver, while the USA and hostsChina added to their respective medal tallies with bronze. In the junior men’s team competition, Chinese Taipei won gold overThailand with silver, while the USA and Vietnam claimed bronze. The men’s under 30 competition saw Chinese Taipei take gold overVietnam. Hong Kong secured its first medal of the day by winning bronzealongside the USA. With only one entry for the under 30 men’s Team Recognised Poomsae performance, the USA claimed the gold. The female Team Recognised Poomsae cadet competition ended with the USA alsotaking gold, China in second and joint bronze for Chinese Taipei and Vietnam. For the female juniors, Chinese Taipei secured gold over Vietnam, whileRussia and the USA took bronze. The under 30 female Team Recognised Poomsae competition was won byThailand. Vietnam finished in second place over the USA and China who tookbronze. Lastly, for the over 30 Team Recognised Poomsae category, Chinese Taipeitook the gold. Tomorrow the FreestylePoomsae individual for both male and female competitors takes place, as well aspair and mixed team performances. The Poomsaeevent begins at 09:00 am local time with the Team Championships gettingunderway at 3:30pm.