The prospective assessment of wushu to become an olympic sport

This article deals with problematic situations of wushu admission in the Olympic program. There is a comparison with other martial arts to approve wushu’s originality among the other ones. The author assesses the prospects of the International Wushu Federation activity and events, which aimed at promotion and becoming wushu as a sport included in the Olympic program.

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