Agatha Wong vows all-out effort in wushu medal bid

Agatha Wong of the Philippine wushu team during the send off for the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines —Agatha Wong and the Philippine wushu team vow to leave everything on the floor when the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 begin next week.

“I’m very excited to go to Japan and just give it my all. Me and my teammates are just itching to compete. And so I hope you guys can watch us and support us this year,” said Wong.

Wong, a med school student at UERM, arrived at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in her school uniform Thursday and changed into the official Asian Games tracksuit of Team Philippines for the sendoff before switching back after the event.

“It’s actually doable. Because my school is very supportive. They’ve been supporting me ever since I started med school. So they’ve made it easier to balance being a student and an athlete,” said Wong.

Wong won bronze in the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games but missed the podium in Hangzhou three years ago.

With the next Asian Games scheduled in five years, the 28-year-old Wong is going all-in for an elusive gold medal for the wushu national team.

“I’m super proud. It’s not every day that you get to qualify for the Asian Games. And after this year’s Asian Games, I think the next one will be in five years. So this one is really special. I hold it close to my heart. So that’s why I’m giving it my best shot,” Wong said.

“And I’m giving it my all, all my effort. All the amount of discipline that I can muster and courage. Even though it’s very scary to compete at this level of a competition.”

Wong is a six-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist.