Edgar Xavier Opens The Jakarta Wushu Team Medal Faucet

Edgar Xavier Marvelo (photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Edgar Xavier Marvelo opened the tap for the Jakarta wushu team medal at Papua XX National Sports Week (PON) after appearing with the best score in the taolu chang quan number at the Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia (KONI) Futsal Sports Center (GOR), Merauke, Wednesday.

In the empty-handed number, Edgar, who incidentally won the 2019 SEA Games gold medal, through his steady moves and movements amazed the jury who gave him a total score of 9.72.

"Thank God the men's chang quan match went smoothly, getting a score of 9.72, actually in the match I didn't have very high expectations, I just returned it to myself to compete optimally," said Edgar, quoted by Antara.

"Although the 2020 PON has been postponed for a year, in terms of preparation and readiness, it can be said that it is quite ready because the national training has also started from August 2020, which has been preparing for PON ever since."

His fellow national team member, Seraf Naro Siregar, was entitled to a silver medal after the East Java's top athlete scored 9.69.

East Java completed their celebration by bringing in a bronze medal after Muhammad Daffa was in third place with 9.67.

Wushu is the first sport to compete in Merauke, which will also host women's soccer, fencing, wrestling, chess, and motorsport matches.

The wushu sport was held from September 29 to October 3 by competing for 23 gold medals from the taolu (dance arts) and sanda (matching) events.