Agatha Wong will get gold for fifth straight SEA Video games

Filipina wushu star Agatha Wong captures her sixth SEA Video games gold total as she defends her throne within the ladies’s taijiquan-taijijian occasion

CHONBURI, Thailand – Agatha Wong has made it a behavior of reigning supreme within the Southeast Asian Video games.

The Filipina wushu star struck gold for the fifth consecutive version of the regional showpiece as she topped the ladies’s taijiquan-taijijian occasion on the Chaeng Watthana Authorities Complicated in Bangkok on Sunday, December 14.

Wong earned 9.773 factors in taijiquan and 9.783 factors in taijijian for a complete of 19.556 factors to seize her sixth SEA Video games gold total.

The aspiring physician has not did not win a SEA Video games gold since topping the taijiquan occasion in 2017, occurring to say each the taijijian and taijiquan crowns on house soil in 2019, after which defending her taijijian title in 2021.

Even when taijiquan and taijijian have been mixed right into a single occasion in 2023 in Cambodia, Wong nonetheless got here out on high.

The victory is a redemption of kinds for Wong as she beat Brunei’s Basma Lachkar and Malaysia’s Sydney Chin, her two rivals who positioned larger within the 2023 Asian Video games. 

Wong fell in need of a medal in that Asian Video games after ending fifth, with Lachkar taking the silver and Chin winding up at fourth.

This time, although, Wong received as Lachkar settled for silver with 19.546 factors, whereas Chin clinched bronze with 19.523 factors. 

Wong now owns eight SEA Video games medals in whole after additionally bagging the taijijian silver in 2017 and the taijiquan silver in 2021. – Rappler.com