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Success for Muaythai Australia at World Combat Games.

The inaugural SportAccord World Combat Games embraced by 13 Martial Arts codes delivers a world-class sporting competition rich with cultural and educational activities during the games in China.

The final results are in for Muaythai after a rigorous three days of matches between 88 fighters over two rings the medals have been won. Muaythai Australia competed with 19 Muaythai countries and finishing in equal 6^th position with China.

Muaythai Australia collected three medals with Chris White being the first in the 57kg division and has become the first Australian for Muaythai to claim the first medal, winning Bronze at the first World Combat Games, 2010.

Next up another Bronze medal was claimed by Thor Hoopman for the 91kg division as he fought head-to-head taking it to Dzianis Hancharonak. Controversially the judges awarded the match to Hancharonak who went on to collect a Gold medal, being matched in the Final with Zhong Wen Wang from China.

World Class fighter Caley Lewis battled hard against a strong Valentina Shevchenko from Belarus and scored the Silver medal in the final fight in the 60kg division.

A great result for the Muaythai Australian Team of fighters, and congratulations to Riddler's Gym, a highly successful West Australian Gym since 2003. Head trainer Darren “THE RIDDLER” Reece, lived and fought in Thailand for many years and continues to pass his extensive knowledge onto his students on a day to day basis. Riddlers Gym has a great and well known reputation for creating quality fighters with all round Muaythai skills.

Riddler’s Gym is the home to WMC Intercontinental Champion Chris “TIGER” White and also trainer for Australia’s top female World Champion Caley Lewis.

For the full Muaythai Medal results: http://competitioninformation.beijing2010.org/en/Root.mvc/Medals?sport=MT

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About SportAccord:
SportAccord is the umbrella organisation for 104 International Sports Federations and Organisations. Its mission is to support and to protect the common interests of the sports movement. Activities include the online video portal Sports Hub, the organisation of multi-sports games, doping-free sport, and sports social responsibility. The SportAccord World Combat Games 2010 feature not only sports but they highlight also then ancient traditions, the values and the beauty of the participating sports. Several cultural activities are arranged for all participants to experience the variety and diversity of the combat sports as well as their cultural connotations.

One of the main elements of the Cultural Program was the Combat Games Forum on the contribution of martial art and combat sports to modern society. Yesterday evening was dedicated to an impressive artistic show, the Xin Yun Acrobat Party in the athletes’ village. The athletes enjoyed the colourful and skilful presentations of the Chinese artists. “We really enjoy the World Combat Games and are happy to be here. The competition is very important for us and we very much enjoy also the variety of the Cultural Program,” says Andreas Lodrup (NOR), current World Champion in Kickboxing.
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Muaythai Fans

Muaythai fans wait with anticipation as momentum builds just a day away for the first ever World Combat Games to begin.

Athletes and crews now assembled in China all set to live out the excitement and are ready to fight their way towards goals and gold.

1108 athletes have dedicated months to training routines, stories afloat with the sacrifices endured by athletes who have fought their way through the qualifiers. Sports fighters charged with determination, emotion and aspiration to become one of the winners with 136 Gold Medals awaiting their name as the Inaugural SportAccord Combat Games strikes up.
The games represent Martial Arts and Combat Sports across 13 codes, coming from five continents over 8 days of competition.

Through the World Combat Games, a community has formed with nations from around the world who now share friendship, respect, sportsmanship and rewarding competitiveness.
Facebook will become a direct source for those at the games who filter back progressive posts with news. Now coming direct from the World Combat Games organisers is www.worldcombatgames.com.
Follow daily results, the daily action, living out their aspirations as nations come together in peace, goodwill and promoting fair play.
World Muaythai Magazine will be first in print with coverage on the first ever games, circulating news extensively throughout the Muaythai community worldwide.
The Combat Games is set to become the ultimate fighting challenge and accolade for fighters on top of their code.
Information on the competitions, the 13 sports, the ambassadors, and the rich Cultural Program accompanying the Games will be available on websites and through social media.
Highlights of the competitions will be available on The Sports Hub, the SportAccord multi-sport video platform on Youtube.
The results, medalists, and pictures of the day will be shown on the event website http://www.worldcombatgames.com - In addition, fans can join the World Combat Games on Twitter and on Facebook.
Fans of combat sports and martial arts can follow on various online channels the inaugural SportAccord World Combat Games 2010, taking place in Beijing, China from 28 August to 4 September.
http://www.worldcombatgames.com
http://www.youtube.com/thesportshub
http://www.twitter.com/combatgames
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sportaccord-Combat-Games/113093988718129
http://www.beijing2010.org
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SportAccord World Combat Games, 2010

SportAccord Launches New Website for the Inaugural SportAccord World Combat Games, 2010.

WWW.WorldCombatGames.com

Beijing hosts the first SportAccord Combat Games ever. This is another corner stone in a series of new worldwide multi-sports events SportAccord is going to launch in the coming years.

We want to support our members by giving them the opportunity to get exposure to a worldwide audience. The Combat Games offer the participating sports a unique chance to be on stage together and will bring them closer to the public, “ SportAccord President Hein Verbruggen explains the strategy behind the Games.

The Beijing Local Organising Committee will provide competition venues and training facilities that meet highest international standards. The 13 sports are distributed to three venues, all Olympic venues in 2008 and in close distance to the athletes’ hotels and the airportA highlight of the Beijing Combat Games 2010 will be the Ambassador Program. They will participate in various activities around the Games and will contribute to the atmosphere during the whole week.

Additionally, the Combat Games will feature a Cultural Program reflecting the ancient traditions of martial arts as well as the social and cultural values of the 13 sports and the event as a whole. The Program includes a Forum on August 29 featuring the theme “The Art of Combat -Friendship and Determination” and several thematic exhibitions. Topics will deal with the cultural dimensions of the martial arts and their social value and contribution to society.

Muaythai at the World Combat Games, 2010.

Direct Link to Muaythai on www.WorldCombatGames.com http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/sports/muaythai-0-19

The Muyathai competitions are held in accordance with the rules and regulations of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (FMA).

Weight categories:
Men (8 ctegories): 54kg, 57kg, 63,5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg
Women (3 categories): 51kg, 54kg, 60kg

The Muaythai tournament is organised as a direct elimination competition. There are eleven weight categories which consist of eight boxers, therefore there are 88 competitors for Muaythai.

It is comprised of three phases: preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals. Winners of the preliminary bouts will continue to the quarter final round and winners of the quarter final bouts will advance to fight each other in the semi-final round.

The losers of the semi-final round are awarded with the bronze medal, and the winner will advance to the gold medal bout.

Bouts: 4 rounds per match, 2 minutes; each round with 1 minute rest between.

International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) www.ifmamuaythai.org

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