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Agatha Wong. Photo courtesy of POC Media Pool

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Agatha Wong extends wushu dominance with 6th SEA Games gold

Paige Javier

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765692057715Image.jfif" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Agatha Wong. <em>Photo courtesy of POC Media Pool</em></span></span></span>BANGKOK, Thailand (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) — Filipino wushu athlete Agatha Wong extended her dominance in the region after bagging her sixth gold medal at the 33rd edition of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.</div><p>Wong bagged the Philippines&#x27; first gold of the day after ruling the Women&#x27;s Taolu Taijiquan-Taijijian on Sunday at the Ratthaprasasanphakdi Building Government Complex Chaeng Watthana in Bangkok.</p><p>Wong tallied 9.783 points to lead all competitors.</p><p>Lachkar Basma of Brunei registered 9.780 points for the silver while Singapore’s Law Zeanne Zhi Ning wound up with 9.766 points for the bronze.  </p><p>Shortly after her win, Wong took to Instagram to celebrate her achievement.</p><p>&quot;[Sixth] SEA Games Gold Medal of my career. For God &amp; my country. Salamat Pilipinas!!&quot; she wrote in her post.</p><p>It was Wong’s sixth career Games gold, counting her taijiquan triumphs in the 2017 (Malaysia), 2019 (Manila) and 2021 (Vietnam) joust and taijijian in 2019 and 2021.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DoPUxNPrQ2w?&amp;pp=ygUWc2VhIGdhbWVzIGFicy1jYm4gbmV3cw%3D%3D&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><strong></strong><br/></div>

<p>Filipino wushu athlete Agatha Wong extended her dominance in the region after bagging her sixth gold medal at the 33rd edition of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.</p>

Filipino wushu athlete Agatha Wong extended her dominance in the region after bagging her sixth gold medal at the 33rd edition of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.