01 November 2008, 16:58
Athlete from North Ossetia wins Wu-Shu World Championship
Mark Burnatsev, a resident of the capital of North Ossetia, was awarded with this year's title of World Champion in traditional Wu-Shu. He was recognized as the winner at the competitions held in the Chinese city of Chiyan.
He was the winner in the Tao-Shu category (exercises with arms), and in the Quan-Shu category (without arms) he was runner-up with a loss of 0.2 points to the winner from China. This was reported by the RBC Agency with reference to the press service of the Ministry on Youth Matters, Physical Training and Sports of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. The winner from Vladikavkaz is a pupil of prominent coach Vladislav Edziev, as the Regnum Agency remarks.
In July 2007, monks of the Chinese Shaolin Monastery held Wu-Shu demonstrations in Elista, Sochi, Vladikavkaz and Volgograd.
