[8] This development along with Beijing's successful bid in hosting the 2008 Olympics presented the opportunity for wushu to be included in the Games,[9] but as Jacques Rogge became the new president of the IOC in 2002, he announced the IOC's plans to reduce the number of the events at the Games.

Athletes and organisations argued that the inclusion of the sport would help culturally diversify the Games[11] and hoped that wushu would follow the same Olympic path as judo and taekwondo.

[12] In August 2002, the Olympic Programme Commission under Chairman Franco Carraro recommended to the IOC executive board that wushu should not be admitted to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and reasoned that it was not a sport of global appeal and that it would add no substantial value to the Games.

[10][11] Shortly after this meeting though, the IOC reversed their decision and stated that the sport of wushu was once again under consideration.

[12] As a result, the IWUF switched to computerised scoring and the International Rules for Taolu Competition were significantly revised.

In 2005, IOC President Rogge met with the IWUF President and IOC executive board member Yu Zaiqing at the Chinese Grand Prix[11] and announced that wushu will have no place in the Olympic Games in Beijing, not even as a demonstration sport.

The events contested were: Thu Fri Sat Sun 128 athletes from 43 countries took part in the Beijing Wushu Tournament.

Vacancies due to illness, injury, or nonavailability were not filled, hence the unusual distribution of participants and rounds.