The second World Wushu Junior Championships closed in Indonesia's Bali on Saturday with traditional power China leading the medal table with 16 golds and two silvers.

Japan and hosts Indonesia were second and third in the medal table.

China took the lion's share of 18 medals in total, followed by Japan with eight golds and five silvers and five bronzes, and Indonesia with a 6-8-8 record.

Vietnam finished fourth in 6-7-11 as 25 teams got named on the medal tally.

The second edition of the biennial championship had 62 gold medals on offer from two disciplines of taolu (artistic) and sanshou (fighting).

Taolu comprised of gymnastic exercises employing aerial kicks while the latter is the full contact combat version of the sport.

The taolu participants were split into three categories, including A (from 16 to 18 years old), B (13 to 15) and C (7 to 13) and will contest a total of 50 gold medals in the men's and women's division. The sanshou fighters got 12 golds on offer.

A total of 700 athletes and officials from 45 countries and regions have competed in the four-day tournament.

The third Junior Wushu World Championships will be held in Singapore in 2010.

(Xinhua News Agency December 13, 2008)