However, competing in the 57kg class turned out to be a brand new challenge for Wu, whose current weight is merely 53 kg. “With Wu not competing in women’s 49kg, all the other players felt the chance to snatch a National Games gold medal was coming,” said 19-year-old Li Zhaoyi, newly-crowned titlist in 49kg on Sunday, which can be seen as an evidence for Wu’s overwhelming dominance in the category.
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She almost swept all the gold medals in national-level tournaments she competed in and also claimed a series of international titles ranging from 47kg to 53kg categories, including back-to-back Olympics gold medals and two world titles.
The 1.68-meter-high girl hailing from China’s Jiangxi Province has been a phenomenal figure in the country’s taekwondo community. Since winning the gold medal at the fifth Chinese City Games, a quadrennial multi-sports meet only featuring youth athletes, in 2003. If she can set the record, her name will be written in the history of the sport forever.” “Winning three taekwondo gold medals in three straight Olympic Games is a feat that has never been achieved before. Hopefully she can maintain her best form by then,” Cao said. “We want Wu to compete in her third Olympics in Rio and she has also expressed her willingness to compete,” said Cao Tao, vice secretary-general of the Chinese Taekwondo Association. She skipped the 2013 World Championships in July in Puebla, Mexico, where Chinese female players witnessed the worst-ever results with Ren Dandan‘s bronze in the 46kg event being the only medal earned in Mexico. I am far from my top form,” she added.Īfter successfully defending her Olympic title in London, Wu did not take systematic training for more than half a year as she was busy with her college study as well as commercial and public welfare activities. After all I began training for the National Games just one month ago. It is my first time to compete in the 57kg category, so it is hard for me in the matches,” said Wu. “I did not have enough time to lose weight in order to take part in the 49kg class. Wu competed in the 57kg and only finished with a bonze medal at the 12th National Games here on Monday. China’s two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Wu Jingyu, 25, on Monday vowed to refocus on her major 49kg category and try to achieve an Olympic gold “hat-trick” in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games according to an article published at.
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