Chinese Olympic Committee Vice-President Zhang Faqiang has officially confirmed that wushu will be featured at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the China News Service reported yesterday. But Wushu or kungfu, will neither be a medal sport nor a mere demonstration. Instead, the event featuring it will be named the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Wushu Competition.
The event won't share the demonstration status that taekwondo enjoyed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and is not going to be included as an official sport for the Beijing Games. But its debut has an extremely important significance for its entry to become a competitive event one day.
For those who like Wushu or want to know more about it, perhaps you can catch the best of them in the Olympic stadium next year
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