09:48 | Lima, Oct. 13 (ANDINA).
Peruvian national team obtained 16 medals at the Eight Pan American Wushu Championship held at Argentina’s National Center of High Performance Athletics in Buenos Aires.
The Sanshou discipline team won four gold medals thanks to fighters Brandon Herrera, Renzo Namuche, John Tinoco and Teobaldo Rivera.
For their part, Marcos Cerron, David Hurtado, Ruben Bustamante and Teobaldo Rivera achieved five silver medals, after five days of competition.
Meanwhile, Diego Huerto, Leonardo Infante, Yuri Flores, Yelka Torres, Gabriel Cerron, Jorge Serrano and Jhon Tinoco won seven bronze medals for the national wushu squad.
US, Canadian, Puerto Rican and Mexican fighters, as well as representatives from all South American countries competed at this Pan American championship, which is the official, continental Wushu event in the Americas.
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Publicado: 13/10/2010