| Women’s Comeptition
The women’s finals demonstrated that women’s sanda is beyond a doubt developing to an ever more sophisticated level. China’s athletes continued to dominate and show their lethal full-contact force on the leitai stage. Mengyue Chen, 52Kg, won her bout against her tough Vietnamese opponent in a close fight; Danfeng Liu, 56Kg sailed to victory against Brazil; and Hailan Zhu, 70kg, prevailed over a tough athlete from Turkmenistan.
Iran’s female warriors continued to exhibit their famous ferocity and display their trademark textbook sanda techniques. Legendary champion Sharbano Mansourian Semironi, 75kg, polished off her Tunisian opponent with a relentless barrage of throws, stylish kicks and hard hitting punches to win the gold. Adding more hardware to family tradition was her little sister Soheila Mansourian Semiromi, 60kg, taking home a silver medal after a tough fight with Vietnamese opponent Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen. And 65kg fighter Sedigheh Dariaeivarkadeh dominated her opponent with precisely targeted kicks and lightning fast punches to easily grab gold.
Vietnam’s sanda women vividly stood out, and all made their fighting talents shine bright on the leitai, showing off their lightning-fast speed in both kicks and punches, with a determined laser focus. Lan Nguyen Thi, 48Kg, dispatched her opponent in her final bout, though not without a tough fight from Indian fighter Chhavi Chhavi. In the 52 Kg division, Vietnam’s Nga Ngo Thi Phuong nearly upset China champ Mengyue Chen to win a hard-earned silver medal, while in the 60Kg division Thi Thi Tuay Nguyen fought a brilliant bout to overcome her Iranian opponent and take the gold.
While Asia scooped up the golds in the women’s sanda, notable female athletes from Brazil, Italy, Australia, Portugal, Switzerland, and Bermuda made impressive showings to walk away with a slew of silver and bronze medals, and demonstrate that women’s sanda is truly developing rapidly worldwide.
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