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VN secures second place at games

HCM CITY Viet Nam scooped 20 gold medals in the

penultimate day of competition at the 25th SEA Gamesto seal second place in the overall medal tally, with 81

gold, 71 silver and 57 bronze medals.

Powerhouse Thailand topped the medal tally with 84

gold, 80 silver and 95 bronze medals.

Third place went to Indonesia with 43 gold, 53 silver and 73 bronze medals, withMalaysia and the Philippines hot on their heels.

Yesterday offered 81 sets of medals, the most in all 10 days of competition, and the

medal race for the top position between Viet Nam and Thailand was very close.

With six gold medals from pencak silat, five from wushu, four from wrestling and twofrom athletics, Viet Nam led the medal tally until the night before, when Thailand moved

past the 80 gold mark.

At the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre, pencak silat opened

the day for Viet Nam by scooping six golds.

The first gold belonged to Le Thi Phi Nga in the womens under-50kg class. Five goldmedals followed from Nguyen Ba Trinh (mens U60kg), Le Thi Hong Ngoan (womens

U70kg), Huynh Thi Thu Hong (womens U55kg), Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy (womens

U65kg) and Vu The Hoang (mens U80kg)

Wushu also took home five gold medals in combat events from Do Thi Nhan (womensU45kg), Tran Van Kien (mens U48kg), Tan Thi Ly (womens U56kg), Nguyen Thuy

Ngan (womens U52kg) and Vuong Dinh Khanh (mens U70kg).

At Chao Anou-vong Gymnasium, judoists also won two gold medals from Bui Thi Hoa,who beat Teni Anggraeni of Indonesia in the womens U63kg category, and Nguyen Thi

Nhu, who overcame Ruth Dugaduga of Philippines in the womens U78kg category.

Besides martial artists, who made dominant performances, the wrestlers also brought

home four gold medals from Ha Van Hieu (mens 120kg freestyle), Pham Duc Khang

(mens 50kg freestyle), Nguyen Huy Ha (mens U55kg freestyle) and Nguyen The Anh(mens U60kg freestyle).

Vietnamese wrestlers dominated the sport with seven gold and six silver medals.

The 20th and final gold medal was won by Nguyen Thi Quynh in the womens 200m

surface finswimming event. Quynh finished the race with a time of 1min 40.54sec, and

Shout it out: Martial artist

Tran Van Kien (right)celebrates after defeating his

rival in the final wushu combat

event. VNA/VNS PhotoQuang Nhut

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