Written by Dao on Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Results from the 2023 Shaolin Team Canada Wushu Festival

Your Shaolin Team Canada 2023 Champions!

Congratulations to Yan Jing for winning the Shaolin Taolu Champion of the competition, and to Michelle Zhao for winning the Shaolin Timed Event Champion of the competition!

Yan Jing won the title for placing 1st in Shaolin Hand Taolu Form, 1st in Shaolin Weapon Form, and 1st in Shaolin Tai Chi form.

Michelle Zhao won the title for placing 1st AND breaking the world records for Front Kick, Outside Kick, Crouch Walk, and Monkey crawl.

Shaolin Taolu Champion Yan Jing

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Shaolin Timed Event Champion Michelle Zhao

Taolu Forms Results

CATEGORY	EVENT	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
B1 - Mixed	Wubuquan, Xiaolianhuan
10:30 AM	Daniel Barr (Wubuquan)			√
	Atryna Allen (Xiaolianhuan)		√
	Aydin Allen (Xiaolianhuan)			√
	Jalen Janmohamed (Xiaolianhuan)	√
B2 - Mixed	Wubuquan, Xiaolianhuan
10:35 AM	John Fu (Wubuquan)		√
	Angelina Allen (Xiaolianhuan)	√
	Willem Lasby (Xiaolianhuan)	√
B2 - Mixed	Babulianhuan
10:35 AM	Elizabeth Hatcher	√
	Ethy Thompson			√
	Milan Janmohamed			√
	Saul O' Gorman		√
C - Mixed	Tongbiquan
10:45 AM	Callum Woo *DNS
	Max Hughes		√
	Rory Huang	√
D - Female	Wubuquan, Babulianhuan
10:55 AM	Ayda Zokai (Wubuquan)			√
	Candice Brodeur (Babulianhuan)	√
	Shima Bagherian (Babulianhuan)			√
	Viktoriia Garanina (Babulianhuan)		√
E - Female	Wubuquan, Xiaolianhuan
11:05 AM	Ling Li (Wubuquan)		√
	Kelly Cruise (Xiaolianhuan)	√
F, G - Mixed	Xiaolianhuan, Tongbiquan, Xiaohongquan
11:10 AM	Eric Lasby (F - Xiaolianhuan)	√
	Val Burroff (G - Tongbiquan)	√
	Ciela Kauffman (F - Xiaohongquan)		√
B1 - Mixed	Babulianhuan, Tongbiquan
11:15 AM	Max Mikulinsky (Babulianhuan)	√
	River Eyres (Babulianhuan)		√
	Youssef Garanina (Babulianhuan)			√
	Logan Cruise (Tongbiquan)		√
B2 - Male	Tongbiquan
11:20 AM	Illay Haim
	Myles Hibbert		√
	Winston Morgan	√
D - Mixed	Tongbiquan
11:25 AM	Hossein Saeidi		√
	Sharly Chan *DNS
	Vivian Wong	√
B2 - Mixed	Xiaohongquan, Dahongquan
11:45 AM	Charlie Ho (Xiaohongquan)			√
	Elijah Burroff-Ferguson (Xiaohongquan)			√
	Victoria Thompson (Xiaohongquan)	√
	Ayelen Eng (Dahongquan)		√
C - Male	Xiaohongquan, Dahongquan
11:55 AM	Keegan Thomas-Guerra (Xiaohongquan)			√
	Jonas Kauffman (Dahongquan)		√
	Koan Wong (Dahongquan)	√
	Stephen Zhao (Dahongquan)			√
D - Female	Xiaohongquan, Dahongquan
12:05 PM	Colleen Hale-Hodgson (Xiaohongquan)		√
	Michelle Zhao (Xiaohongquan)			√
	Yan Jing (Dahongquan)	√
D - Male	Xiaohongquan, Dahongquan
12:15 PM	Andrew Cheng (Xiaohongquan)		√
	Luka Pilasanovic (Dahongquan)	√
	Stephen Young (Xiaohongquan)			√
E - Female	Tongbiquan, Xiaohongquan
12:20 PM	Ping Xiao (Tongbiquan)	√
	Susan Cheng (Xiaohongquan)		√
B2 - Female	Yinshougun, Meihuadao
12:40 PM	Victoria Thompson (Yinshougun)		√
	Ayelen Eng (Meihuadao)	√
B2 - Male	Yinshougun, Meihuadao
12:45 PM	Winston Morgan (Yinshougun)		√
	Elijah Burroff-Ferguson (Yinshougun)			√
	Charlie Ho (Meihuadao)	√
C - Mixed	Yinshougun
12:55 PM	Callum Woo *DNS
	Keegan Thomas-Guerra	√
	Ozzy Llave
	Rory Huang		√
C, D - Male	Meihuadao
1:05 PM	Jonas Kauffman (C)			√
	Koan Wong (C)		√
	Luka Pilasanovic (D)	√
D - Female	Yinshougun, Meihuadao
1:15 PM	Michelle Zhao (Yinshougun)		√
	Yan Jing (Meihuadao)	√
F, G - Female	Yinshougun
1:20 PM	Ciela Kauffman (F)	√
	Val Burroff (G)		√
All - Female	Baburouquan
1:45 PM	Sharly Chan *DNS
	Joan Patch	√
All - Female	Yunquan
1:50 PM	Candice Brodeur		√
	Kelly Cruise	√
All - Mixed	Rouquan
1:55 PM	Andree Weisman			√
	Stephen Young		√
	Susan Shen			√
	Yan Jing	√

Timed Event - Shaolin Challenges

Category	Event	Final	Gold	Silver	Bronze
A, B1 - Male	Front Kick
10:30 AM	Liam Barr (A)	9.630		√
	Daniel Barr (B1)	10.640			√
	Logan Cruise (B1)	9.500	√
	Youssef Garanina (B1)	10.240			√
B2 - Male	Front Kick
10:35 AM	Branson Chung	DQ
	John Fu	9.090	√
C - Mixed	Front Kick
10:40 AM	Callum Woo	DNS
	Rory Huang	10.150	√
D - Female	Front Kick
10:45 AM	Ayda Zokai	9.180		√
	Michelle Zhao *New World Record	6.660	√
	Shima Bagherian	DQ
	Yan Jing	DQ
E - Female	Front Kick
10:50 AM	Kelly Cruise	9.750		√
	Ling Li	11.360			√
	Susan Cheng *New World Record	8.360	√
F, G - Mixed	Front Kick
10:55 AM	Eric Lasby (F)	9.360	√
	Val Burroff (G)	9.630		√
Windmill
11:00 AM	Max Mikulinsky *New World Record	6.690	√
	Youssef Garanina	DQ
B2 - Male	Windmill
11:05 AM	Illay Ben Haim	DNS
	Winston Morgan	DQ
C - Mixed	Windmill
11:10 AM	Ethan Chung	DQ
	Rory Huang	DQ
D - Mixed	Windmill
11:15 AM	Michelle Zhao	DQ
	Hossein Saeidi	6.24	√
C - Mixed	Outside Kick
11:30 AM	Callum Woo	DNS
	Koan Wong *New World Record	6.270	√
	Rory Huang	13.000		√
D - Mixed	Outside Kick
11:35 AM	Michelle Zhao *New World Record	7.330	√
	Shima Bagherian	11.180			√
	Andrew Cheng	9.960		√
B2 - Mixed	Cartwheel
11:45 AM	Angelina Allen	DQ
	Milan Janmohamed	9.930	√
	Elijah Burroff-Ferguson	DQ
C, D - Mixed	Cartwheel
11:50 AM	Keegan Thomas-Guerra (C)	DQ
	Hossein Saeidi (D)	6.270	√
	Viktoriia Garanina (D)	7.210		√

B1 - Male	Slap Kick
12:15 PM	Logan Cruise	12.060	√
	Youssef Garanina	13.570		√
B2 - Mixed	Slap Kick
12:20 PM	Angelina Allen	14.630			√
	Elijah Burroff-Ferguson	12.210		√
	Victoria Thompson	10.120	√
C - Mixed	Slap Kick
12:25 PM	Callum Woo	DNS
	Rory Huang	9.870	√
D - Female	Slap Kick
12:30 PM	Shima Bagherian	12.750			√
	Viktoriia Garanina	11.150			√
	Vivian Wong	9.510		√
	Yan Jing *New World Record	9.000	√
E - Female	Slap Kick
12:35 PM	Kelly Cruise	11.300		√
	Susan Cheng	10.960	√
F, G - Mixed	Slap Kick
12:40 PM	Eric Lasby (F)	10.900	√
	Val Burroff (G)	11.780		√

B1 - Male	Crouch Walk
1:00 PM	Logan Cruise	9.540		√
	Youssef Garanina	6.210	√
B2 - Mixed	Crouch Walk
1:05 PM	Elizabeth Hatcher	5.750		√
	Milan Janmohamed	4.930	√
D - Female	Crouch Walk
1:10 PM	Michelle Zhao *New World Record (13-18 yrs)	3.450	√
	Viktoriia Garanina *New World Record (19-39 yrs)	4.030		√
B1 - Mixed	Front Roll
1:15 PM	Jalen Janmohamed	9.300		√
	Max Mikulinsky	5.660	√
B2 - Male	Front Roll
1:20 PM	Winston Morgan	6.810	√
	Elijah Burroff-Ferguson	7.520		√
D - Mixed, 1 C	Front Roll
1:25 PM	Keegan Thomas-Guerra (C) *New World Record (13-18 yrs)	3.600		√
	Hossein Saeidi (D) *New World Record (19-39 yrs)	2.840	√
	Sharly Chan (D)	DNS
	Shima Bagherian (D)	8.810			√
	Viktoriia Garanina (D)	DQ
E, F - Mixed	Front Roll
1:30 PM	Kelly Cruise (E)	DNS
	Eric Lasby (F) *New World Record	5.420	√

B1 - Male	Monkey Crawl
1:50 PM	Aydin Allen	4.660		√
	Jalen Janmohamed	6.420			√
	Logan Cruise	4.390	√
C - Mixed	Monkey Crawl
1:55 PM	Koan Wong *New World Record	2.360	√
	Rory Huang	2.780		√
D - Mixed	Monkey Crawl
2:00 PM	Michelle Zhao *New World Record	2.730		√
	Hossein Saeidi	2.370	√
	Shima Bagherian	4.450			√
D - Mixed, 1 C	Back Turning Kick (D)
2:05 PM	Keegan Thomas-Guerra (C)	7.960			√
	Hossein Saeidi (D)	3.120	√
	Yan Jing (D)	3.890		√

Overall Results by School

STQI School	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downtown Toronto	50	37	20
Scarborough	1	4	4
Markham	3	1	0

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