Gold medalist Lindswell of Indonesia poses during the awarding ceremony for the Women's Taijiquan & Taijijian All-Round at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 20, 2018. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Kwok Lindswell of Indonesia won the first Wushu gold for the host at the 2018 Asian Games in women's Taijiquan and Taijijian Combined here on Monday.
Known as "the Southeast Asian Wushu Queen", Lindswell scored a total of 19.50 points to take the gold, beating Uen Ying of Hong Kong, China to the second place in 19.42.
Wong Agatha of the Philippines got the bronze with 19.36 points in the event as China did not send players to compete.
Wushu was first incorporated into the Asian Games in 1990. The sport comprises Taolu and Sanda. Changquan, or long fist boxing, featuring imitations of animal moves, is the basic and main style of modern Wushu, mostly being performed in north China.
More than 220 athletes will compete for 14 gold medals in Wushu at this Asiad, a full contact sport derived from the Chinese martial art. The Chinese who founded the sport, are seen the favorites in the 13 events they are participating, as China has won 53 of the possible 75 gold medals in Wushu at the Asian Games.
The 18th Asiad will stage 465 events out of 40 sports, among which 330 events from 32 sports will feature in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 2018 Asian Games, attracting more than 10,000 athletes, will run through Sept. 2.
