{"id":121124,"date":"2017-10-03T23:53:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T03:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121124"},"modified":"2017-10-03T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T03:55:34","slug":"mandal-reaches-final-in-world-wushu-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/03\/mandal-reaches-final-in-world-wushu-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandal reaches final in World Wushu Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filipino Wushu player Arnel Mandal (Photo<\/a>: Arnel R. Mandal<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Philippine bet Arnel Mandal has made it to the men’s 52kg final of the 14th World Wushu Championships in Kazan City, Russia.<\/p>\n

According to the tournament results on the International Wushu Federation website, Mandal defeated Armenian Sargis Sargsyan during the semifinal round on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) at the Gymnastics Palace.<\/p>\n

Mandal, 21, from Barangay Calaparan in Iloilo City, won over Indian Uchit Sharma, 2:0, in the round-of-16 before he eliminated Turkish Aydin Yikilmaz, 2:0, in the quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n

In the women’s division, Hergie Bacyadan downed American Danielle Newsom in the semifinal round to advance to the 70kg championship round.<\/p>\n

Bacyadan, a silver medalist in the 8th Sanda World Cup in China last year, defeated Italian Ilaria Cipolla in the quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Francisco Solis bowed to Korean Yun Ung-jin, 0:2, in the 56kg class semifinal round.<\/p>\n

On his way to the semifinal, Solis defeated Jordanian Hamza Fuad Yahia in the quarterfinal and Armenian Hayk Gasparyan in the round-of-16.<\/p>\n

Filipinos Jean Claude Saclag, Clemente Tabugara Jr. and Jessie Aligaga were also sent packing in their respective categories.<\/p>\n

Saclag fell to Korean Jo Sung-hyun, 0:2, in the men’s 60kg class round-of-32, while Tabugara lost to Russian Ali Dalgatov, 0:2, in the men’s 65kg category round-of-32.<\/p>\n

Aligaga, on the other hand, was beaten by Chinese Yongjie Wang,1:2, in the men’s 48kg class round-of-16.<\/p>\n

Divine Wally likewise surrendered to Chinese Shimeng Dai, 0:2, in the 48kg category quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n

The Philippines has won 12 golds, 13 silvers and 21 bronzes in the World Wushu Championships since 1997.<\/p>\n

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