JAKARTA — A brilliant achievement was made by Indonesian wushu athlete Edgar Xavier Marvelo. He defended his Changquan title at the 2022 World Wushu Championships (World Games).
The 23-year-old athlete collected 9.53 points when appearing at the Billbattle Colloseum Balltimore, Birmingham Southern Court, Alabama, United States, on Tuesday, July 12 night.
That perfect performance saw Edgar beat Korea's Lee Ha-sung who won the silver medal and Ukraine's Roman Reva who took home bronze.
This victory made the Jakarta-born athlete defend the gold medal he won at the World Championships in Shanghai, China, in 2019. In addition, this success makes up for Edgar's failure to get a gold medal at the 2021 Vietnam SEA Games.
"He not only defended his championship title but regained world recognition for his level of achievement," said Iwan Kwok as the Indonesian Wushu Team Manager in an official statement.
Indonesia also won a silver medal through Harris Horatius in the combined Nanquan/Nangun men's number. The silver winner of the SEA Games Vietnam 2021 lost to Chinese athlete Liu Zongxin who got gold and beat Chinese Taipei representative Lai Po-Wei who got bronze.
Unfortunately, this success could not be followed by female athlete Alisha Mellynar. The Vietnam 2021 SEA Games gold medalist failed to win a medal after placing fourth in the Taijijian number.
Indonesia still has the opportunity to add to its medal tally. The opportunity lies with Nandira Mauriskha who will play in the Cangquan number on Wednesday, July 13 local time.
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