Asian Games: silver medallist Juanita Mok tops qualifying tournament, books wushu spot for September’s event in Hangzhou
- Mok tops both the women’s Taijiquan and Taijijian at virtual selection competition on Sunday
- But bronze medallist Yuen Ka-yingwill not be taking part in September after opting to retire
With the city still in lock down, 13 of Hong Kong’s elite wushu athletes battled it during a virtual selection competition at the Sports Institute on Sunday.
Mok, competing in a generic purple outfit worn in last September’s National Games, topped both the women’s Taijiquan and Taijijian with scores of 9.38 and 9.413 respectively.
“I am quite nervous since it is the selection for the Asian Games, but happy that I can still perform well, the points I got are also within my expectation,” said Mok, who has experienced a lot of virtual competitions over the past two years.
Only two elite females competed in Taiji, Chen Sui-jin scored 9.35 for her Taijiquan and 9.323 for Taijijian.
Compared to the Asian Games four years ago, Mok, who is one of Hong Kong’s medal hopes, said there were no warm-up competitions ahead of the Games in September.
“Four years ago before the Asian Games, I went to Macau for the 1st World University Wushu Championships where I got a gold in Taijijian and a silver in Taijiquan. It was a good competition before the big Games,” said Mok, who is also won a silver medal in Taijijian at the Shanghai World Wushu Championships.