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The 29th Universiade<\/h2>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n
Host City:<\/td>\nTaipei City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organizer:<\/td>\n2017 Taipei Summer\u00a0Universiade Organising Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Events:<\/td>\nThe 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade includes the following 14 compulsory\u00a0sports(athletics, basketball, fencing, football, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, aquatics(swimming, open water), water polo, diving, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and taekwondo) and 7\u00a0optional sports(archery, badminton,\u00a0baseball, golf, roller sports, weightlifting and wushu) chosen by the host city.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Growth of Wushu<\/h3>\n

On October 17, 2014, FISU Executive Committee approved roller sports and wushu to be officially included as optional sports in the 2017 Universiade.<\/p>\n

Along with archery, badminton\u00a0and baseball, a total of seven\u00a0optional sports will be played at the Games<\/p>\n

WushuOntario Representation<\/h3>\n

Philip Wong<\/strong>
\nSchool: Queen’s University
\nProgram: Commerce
\nYear: 4
\nSport: Taolu, Wushu
\nEvent: Combined Nanquan & Nangun
\nYears of Training: 7 years
\nAchievements:
\n– Gold Medalist and All-Round Men’s Champion at the 2017 Canadian National Wushu Championships
\n–\u00a0Bronze Medalist at the 2015 World Wushu Championships held at Jakarta, Indonesia
\n– Gold Medalist at the 2014 Hong Kong Wushu\u00a0International Championships
\n– Gold Medalist at the 2012 Pan Am Wushu Games held at Monterrey, Mexico<\/p>\n

Jordan Branker<\/strong>
\nUniversity: University of Ottawa
\nProgram: Sociology
\nYear: 4
\nSport: Sanda, Wushu
\nYears of Training: 2
\nAchievements: 2nd at 2017 National Sanda Championship<\/p>\n<\/div>

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