Suraj Singh Mayanglambam is out of the medal race. The Indian wushu exponent closed his campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in 11th place, registering an overall score of 9.683 in the men's Changquan final.
It was a clean performance. No deductions. He nailed the Quality of Movement (A-Score) with a perfect 5.00 and pulled off a 2.00 in Degree of Difficulty. But the Overall Performance score of 2.683 wasn't enough to crack the top 10 in a 21-athlete field.
The podium was entirely Macau's. Kuong Chi Hin grabbed gold with 9.723 points, while teammate Chi Kuan Song edged out the bronze with 9.720. The gap between gold and 11th place? Just 0.04 points. That’s how tight this discipline gets.
No seeding. No rankings. Just a random draw deciding the order. Changquan is all about explosive speed and acrobatic precision over 90 seconds, and Suraj brought the power, but the final numbers didn't land where he wanted them to.
India's wushu campaign now shifts focus to the remaining disciplines, with athletes hoping to convert strong technical scores into actual hardware in the coming days.