Go up against China in a wushu competition, and you are almost doomed to lose, competitors at a world championship in Bali have been finding out the hard way.

The electronic scoreboard showed Ivana Ardelia Irmanto in second place with 8.98 points, before dropping to third behind Canadian Brianna Chan with 9.00 points, after Liao Zengyun finished her routine on a high to win the women's nanquan gold for China, with 9.35 points.

Chinese artistic performers in taolu events at the ongoing World Junior Wushu Championship are proving invincible, having won every single event they have competed in.

After picking up three gold medals in the three events they participated in on the opening day on Wednesday, they took part in only two of 14 events contested on Thursday, both producing victories for them. The other Chinese gold medalist on the day was Yuan Mengjie in the women's changquan.

Indonesian team coaching official Sandry Liong admitted the Chinese, who invented the sport, were invincible.

"China is incomparably good. They have practiced wushu since a long, long time ago, while we started only recently," he said. "They mastered the sport and drew up the regulations for the competition."

China has brought 18 athletes to the championships as it bids to retain the title it won two years ago in Kuala Lumpur.

"We want to win as many gold medals as possible," Chinese coach Liu Yan Yan said plainly.

While China's prowess is yet unmatched in the chase for gold, other teams harbor hopes of victory when China does not join the fray.

It was the Japanese athletes who capitalized on the absence of the wushu masters on Thursday, picking up four golds in the remaining 12 events. Hong Kong collected three, while Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia settled for one gold medal each.

With four silvers and a bronze to add to its tally, Indonesia moves up to third place, with a total of three gold, four silver and two bronze medals, behind leader Japan with six gold, two silver and two bronze medals, and China with five golds.

Hong Kong (3-3-2) and Vietnam (2-3-6) make up the top five on the provisional standings.

Indonesia's single gold on Thursday came from Eric Losardi, who scored 9.38 in the nanquan event to relegate Vietnam's Pham Quoc and Taiwan's Xu Kai Gui to silver and bronze, respectively.

"Eric deserved the victory. He showed a character distinguishable from his opponents. He had the style; the other competitors displayed regular routines," Sandry said.

Winning silver for Indonesia were Harris Horatius, Erwin Wijayanto, Natalie Chriselda and Dessy Indri Astuti.

After winning one of the country's two gold medals on the opening day, Dessy, who competed in Group A nanquan, took second place on Thursday, a loss Sandy said was expected, with the field featuring regional favorite Tai Cheau Xuen of Malaysia.

"The opponent is better than Dessy, given the results of the recent Southeast Asian Games," Sandry said.

In the sanshou competition, M. Al-Muharrohmi in the 52-kilogram category and Oscar Yakut in the 56-kilogram category ensured Indonesia bronze medals after advancing to the semifinals.

Al-Muharrohmi defeated Joseph Amurao of the Philippines in the quarterfinals and will face Akbar Mohammad Zadeh, the winner over Indian Sanjay Singh Kayat, in the semis.

Oscar, who brushed aside Gera Florin of Romania and Kuchko Artem of Ukraine in the early stages, will on Friday face an opponent yet to be decided. China is fielding eight fighters in the sanshou arena, where 12 gold medals are up for grabs.