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IWUF News, Stories & Interviews
2023.04.28
AOTM 04 | IWUF Athlete of the Month for April: Egyptian Sanda Star Motaz Rady
Egyptian sanda athlete Motaz Rady, now 33, has long been one of Egypt’s top sanda champions. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta, a bronze medal at the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, a silver medal at the 8th Sanda World Cup in Xian, and a bronze medal at the…
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IWUF News, Stories & Interviews
2023.03.31
AOTM 03 | IWUF Athlete of the Month for March: Mexican Wushu Star Alexa Cruz
Alexa Cruz, 22, a longtime national champion of Mexico, is a leading star of the Mexican National Wushu Team and has won numerous medals at the Pan American Wushu Championships. After a lively showing at the 15th World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, she qualified for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham and gave her best performance…
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Event News, Stories & Interviews
2023.03.03
AOTM02:A Leading Figure in Swiss Wushu- Sami Ben Mahmoud
Competing in seven World Wushu Championships is a remarkable accomplishment in and of itself, and Swiss athlete Sami Ben Mahmoud is not stopping there – he’s looking forward to his 8th WWC this fall in Fort Worth, Texas. Since 2007, he is the most successful Swiss taolu athlete to date, winning serial gold medals at his…
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Stories & Interviews
2023.02.01
01 Jan. IWUF Athlete of the Month – Uzbekistan’s Wushu Star Darya Latisheva
During the World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Uzbekistan’s Darya Latisheva unleashed dazzling wushu performances in nandao and nanquan that left spectators breathless, and won her a long-dreamed of silver medal. In 2018, she initially national gained fame when she won Uzbekistan’s first medal ever in wushu at the Asian Games. A year later she was…