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Willy Wang wins Wushu gold medal in Beijing

August 23, 2008 by 22 Comments

Filipino Willy Wang won a gold medal in the Wushu demonstration event at the Olympic Sports Center Friday.

Wushu artist Willy Wang

Wang bested 20 other competitors at the men’s nanquan and nangun event. Two other Filipino wushu artists, Benjie Rivera and Mary Jane Estimar are assured of bronze medals after beating their respective opponents in the opening round. However since wushu is a demonstration sport in Beijing, their successes will not reflect in the 2008 Olympic Games’ official medal tally.

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  • Hokage

    sayang naman bakit di ba ito sinali/ tuloy kahit isang gold sa medal tally wala ang pilipinas

  • Basic

    Bakit hindi pinost yung pagkatalo ng huling atleta natin? ano ‘to, panakip butas?
    walang medalya naiuwi ang mga atleta natin..kahit makapagbigay man lang ng magandang laban….ang lalayo ng pagkatalo! me-first round pa lang, ma-second….to the last sa scoring! kakahiya!

  • woooo

    sige nga Basic
    kaw lumaban sa London 2012 ha

  • technogurl_czie

    di yan kabilang sa medal tally ng pinas noh! bokya pa rin tayo! XD

  • jfud

    maganda sana kung pinoy talaga ang pangalan nito eh may halong intsik parin!

  • dreams

    yun din ang nangyari sa bowling noong demonstration sports palang at cla Paeng yung athletes ng pilipinas…. pilipinas sana nag gold kaya demonstration sports palang daw….

  • OFW 101

    ok lang yun basta next time laki na chance natin. nice work guys atleast kayo wlang salita nasa gawa lahat. wushu never let us down in asian and sea games.

  • maestro

    the media never advertised these guys who were participating in wushu unlike those who participated in other sports such as swimming and boxing and ironically those who were given limelight failed while the wushu participants did good in such sport even though its only a demo event…

  • hahaha

    willy wonkaaaaaa

  • catch22

    I’m surprised that no one has pointed this out yet, but wushu is neither a demonstration nor an exhibition sport at the Beijing Olympics. The wushu competitions is a just a regular tournament organized by the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG). There hasn’t been a demonstration or exhibition sport at the Games since 1992 in Barcelona. The IOC is actually intent on cutting down the number of games in the Olympics, so wushu won’t see an appearance at the games anytime soon.

    Much kudos to Willy Wang, but our pathetic attempts to give credit where none is due is really sad. Mabuhay ang world-class pinoys!

  • Haha

    hahaha bokya pinoy olympians sa beijing olympics hahaha world class losers talaga

  • Noki

    Anong panalo? talo tayo…talo..talo talo….
    pagtakpan pa naman ang nakakahiyang olympics.
    gusto siguro nila pag wu-wushuhin ko sila nang matauhan!

  • ano ba?!

    hahaha
    world class losers ba
    may balak nga raw mag apply for host city ang manila by 2024 e!
    anak ng?!?!
    wala pa nga tayong ni katiting na gold medal e!

  • Haha

    manila olympics 2024?! Baka 3024! at buti kung makaabot pa tayo nyan! malamang mga developed countries may mga immigrants na sila sa moon at mga ibang planeta samantalang mga pilipino maiiwan sa mundo kasama ang chad, burundi, bangladesh, at mga iba pang poor na bansa, tayo tayo na lang mag o olympics nakakahiya! at buti pa mga na mention kong bansa may medals silang maipagyayabang, eh pilipinas?! baka balak uli nila madagdagan mga Marco Torres na torch bearer imbes na ayusin ang pondo ng training ng mga pinoy olympians natin?! Hindi po tayo sumali sa olympics para maging torch bearer! nakakahiya! world class nga! nothiing but a world class wa-class 2nd rate trying hard copy cat! pilipinas, umasenso ka!

  • hohoho

    ano ba kayo
    naging over all champion naman ang Pilipinas nung tayo rin ang naghost ng SEAGAMES noon a

    tingnan niyo ang thailand, singapore, indonesia, vietnam may mga medals na hehehe

  • Haha

    basta talo ang pilipinas hahahaha nakakahiya kaya ayaw nila ibalita sa news! ang ibinabalita lang ay kung gaano kagaling maging torch bearer ang mga pinoy wahahahaha! dapat kase mga gold digger ang pinadala sa olympics para tiyak makakakuha tayo ng gold! pati na rin sana mga silver diggers at bronze diggers hehehe! pilipinas bumangon ka hahaha! world class torch bearers ang mga pinoy hahahaha

  • queenie

    yeah!thats great but three 0′s pa rin…….0-0-0

  • queenie

    0-0-0 but i like him…he he he 3 o’s i mean,,,,will wang

  • jpb

    hi willy
    can i taste your wanggg?

  • xwing

    mga mayabang nasa itaas wla namang magawa puro nalang salita.

  • hello xiao

    Willy Wang is not a filipino. He is a chinese who happens to have migrated in the RP justust like Yao Ming who plays in the NBA but plays in the chinese team during Beijing Olympics since he is a chinese. The RP made him a filipino citizen when they see his potential before joining in Nan Gun, so the glory must go to China and not to the Philippines. So sad cz RP is claiming something that its not their own. Anyways, china will not be concerned about this issue, she will be generous by donating its extra medals to a poor country who is desperate to have one.

  • CHOO LI

    im about to write a document about Mr. Willy Wang for our school paper..
    but it seems like people dont agree with his winning in the wushu olympics??
    i guess, even though he is a half Filipino>>>
    we still should be proud of him..
    because he got Filipino blood in him…
    even he couldnt bring a gold thing..
    you know..
    he did his best>>>
    ^^