KUALA LUMPUR: National wushu athlete Wong Weng Son is now a world champion after winning the gold medal in the men’s changquan event at the 2023 World Wushu Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, yesterday.
Weng Son, 31, collected 9.826 points to beat Indonesia’s Seraf Naro Siregar, who took the silver medal with 9.803 points, and another Malaysian, Clement Ting, who claimed the bronze with 9.800 points.
It was a rewarding day for Weng Son since he only won the silver in the same event in the 2019 edition in Shanghai.
The Malaysian contingent also won a silver medal in the men’s daoshu through Ting, one silver each through Sydney Chin and Loh Ying Ting (women’s taijijian and changquan) and one bronze through Tan Cheong Min (women’s nangun).