'Rolling in the air like that was like falling from a height of over two metres. It required a lot of power'
Hong Kong's wushu team enjoyed a fruitful day yesterday, emerging with a haul of one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
To Yu-hang, 24, skipped his individual events yesterday in order to conserve his energy for the last event of the wushu finals - men's duilian (group fight). To and his teammates, Chan Siu-kit and Chow Ting-yu, performed a spectacular fight featuring multiple 540-degree and 360-degree turns in the air.
'Rolling in the air like that was like falling from a height of more than two metres,' said Chow Ting-yu. 'It required a lot of power, and it is not something that other countries can do so far.'
The same trio had previously won silver medals in the international and Asian wushu championships in duilian, losing both times to China. Yesterday, China did not participate, increasing Hong Kong's chances of winning.
'When the three of us first started co-operating, we used to argue a lot. That's probably why the fight looked quite real,' To Yu-hang joked. 'We studied the moves of some of the top teams in China, incorporating them into our own strengths,' Chan Siu-kit added.