China won three golds and one silver on the second day of competition at the 2025 Chengdu World Games. In the women's 61kg karate kumite final, Gong Li beat Sarara Shimada 5-1 in the final to give China its second gold at these Games. 

The 25-year-old Fujian native won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the Budapest World Championship in 2023, and gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games the same year. Gong suffered a knee injury during the group stage of last year's Asian Championships, and after eight months of recovery, she returned to competition at the Chengdu World Games. Gong scored three points early in the opening round before Shimada scored her only point. Gong went on to win 5-1 to claim the Chinese karate team's first gold medal in World Games history.

Chinese wushu athlete Gao Jiushang won the men's Changquan-Daoshu-Gunshu combined event with a dominant performance on Saturday night.

Gao topped all three disciplines, scoring a total of 29.393 points. Indonesia's Seraf Naro Siregar earned silver with 29.283, while Singapore's Jowen Lim took bronze.

The hosts also captured the women's group title in acrobatic gymnastics on Saturday night. Performing to a dynamic arrangement of "Jasmine Flower" variations, China's trio of Gu Quanjia, Ma Yixing and Ding Wenyan delivered a display of synchronized precision in acro, pyramid, toss and tumbling elements.

Just prior to their performance, the U.S. team set a high bar with a stellar routine, earning 28.670 points. Unfazed by the challenge, the Chinese trio took to the floor. Following a flawless execution of compulsory elements, they showcased progressively complex skills, drawing enthusiastic applause from the home crowd.

China's score of 29.230 points secured the gold medal, and the trio embraced emotionally, draped in the national flag. 

Israel earned the bronze with 28.480 points, and Germany narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth.