PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian wushu team will return with their best ever achievement at the World Championships after clinching their fifth gold medal in Brasilia, Brazil on Sunday (Sept 7).
Tan Cheong Min, Pang Pui Yee and Lee Jia Rong closed Malaysia's campaign on a perfect note with their energetic performance to win the women's duilian (sparring) final with 9.630 points.
Italy settled for the silver with 9.623 points while Hong Kong took the bronze (9.613).
It is the second gold for Cheong Min and Jia Rong, who had won the respective individual titles in women's nangun and doashu events earlier.
Malaysia also secured a bronze in men's duilian through Clement Ting, Si Shin Peng and Bryan Ti Kai Jie (9.613).
Malaysia thus finished with a total of five gold, one silver and two bronze medals to cap their best ever finish in world meet in the last 40 years.
The nation's previous best achievement was winning four gold, one silver and six bronze medals in 2005 edition in Vietnam.
