Despite our bad olympic results.....we got 3 other medals in beijing

[EKBATAN]

8-24-2008

http://www.payvand.com/news/08/aug/1248.html (pictures)

Iranian woman Zahra Karimi wins wushu gold in Beijing
Zahra Karimi
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (Mehr News Agency)--Zahra Karimi of Iran snatched the gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Wushu Tournament on Sunday.
She defeated her Vietnamese rival in the final game and won the gold medal.
Farzaneh Dehghan, another woman athlete from Iran, had earned a bronze medal earlier. Also, male athlete Hossein Ojaghi had taken a silver.
Farzaneh Dehghan, Hossein Ojaghi and Zahra Karimi
The Beijing 2008 wushu has gathered 128 athletes from 43 countries. The event kicked off at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center on Thursday where some Olympic handball matches had been held.
It was the first time that a non-Olympic tournament was launched in a city which is hosting the Olympic Games.
Hossein Ojaghi

[Behzad12]

whats wushu? how come we didnt know about this bfore?

[Payam_Ali]

here is a vid of the final.. ojaghi is in red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT3XZqkF7k8

[persian boy]

we're ranked 51st ??

[persianbruin]

whats wushu? how come we didnt know about this bfore?

we did!

[amirkarimi2]

akh joon Khaleh zahram?

[Darvish11]

here is a vid of the final.. ojaghi is in red
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT3XZqkF7k8

ojagh roshan shod

[EKBATAN]

^^^^ we lost that was terrible

he wasnt doing shit...he just let the guy in black attack...wtf i dont get it
but yea i guess silver aint too bad

[Farhad-7]

wasn't there wushu in the asian games in doha?

[Super Shojaei]

wushu looks quite odd :O

[raminio05]

so is that 5 medals alltogether?

[benreyhani15]

no it doesnt count towards the olympics

[Payam_Ali]

From Wikipedia:

The IWUF placed a bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have wushu included in future Olympic Games, but so far did not meet with success. However, the IOC has allowed China to organize an international wushu event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but this event is not one of the 28 official Olympic sports, nor is it a demonstration event. Instead, it will be called the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Wushu Tournament

[redmissile]

whats wushu? how come we didnt know about this bfore?

by some means, Wushu = Kongfu, but not that exactly because some kind of konfu is not recongnised bu IWUF and some IWUF sports are not traditional chinese Wushu (Kongfu).