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greenlion
28 Aug 2008, 02:48 AM
NOC G S B T
China  8 0 0 8
  Russia 2 3 0 5
  Hongkong 2 1 1 4
  Macau  1 3 1 5
  Iran  1 1 2 4
  Philippine 1 1 2 4
  Malysia  0 2 3 5
  Vietnam 0 1 3 4
  Japan  0 1 2 3
  Italy 0 1 0 1
  Taiwan  0 1 0 1
  Egypt  0 0 2 2
  Brasil  0 0 1 1
  Great Britain 0 0 1 1
  Korea  0 0 1 1
  Indonesia 0 0 1 1


the events of IWUF 2008 Beijing games includs

Embassader of IWUF : Jet LI

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/olympics/2008-08/22/xin_58208052213340781265017.jpg
When will everybody be kung fu fighting?
Reuters, Friday August 22 2008 By Lee Chyen Yee
BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) - You've seen it in the "Matrix". Bruce Lee is its most famous proponent. An animated panda tickled audiences this year. Now practitioners hope that wushu, more commonly known as kung fu, will be contested at the Olympics.
Wushu's backers are trying to cram the millennia-old art on to a packed Olympics calendar, arguing a growing following. They claim a victory for a sport that for the first time held an unofficial competition on the sidelines of the Games in Beijing.


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