(HNMO) - On the competition day of May 14, at the 32nd SEA Games, the Vietnamese sports delegation continued to compete in strong sports such as judo, taekwondo, weightlifting, aerobics, wrestling, diving, fencing, chess, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, traditional boat racing, stick fighting...
The athletes competed excellently to bring home 20 more gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals.
On the competition day of May 14, the Vietnamese aerobic team competed in the finals of the mixed doubles and 5-person groups and won both gold medals. In the finals of the mixed doubles, athletes Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi and Le Hoang Phong won the gold medal with an outstanding score of 19.233. In the finals of the 5-person groups, athletes Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi, Le Hoang Phong, Vuong Hoai An, Nguyen Che Thanh, and Nguyen Viet Anh won the gold medal with a score of 19.611.
Thus, along with 3 gold medals in yesterday's competition day (May 13) of athletes: Pham The Gia Hien (aerobic men's singles), Tran Ha Vi (aerobic women's singles), Hoang Gia Bao, Le Hoang Phong, Nguyen Che Thanh (group of three men), Aerobic Vietnam has won all 5/5 gold medals at SEA Games 32.
The most impressive event was table tennis , where the pair of athletes Dinh Anh Hoang - Tran Mai Ngoc excellently defeated the very strong pair of athletes Zhe Yu Chew - Jian Zeng (Singapore) in the final match of the mixed doubles event to win the first gold medal for Vietnamese table tennis at this year's SEA Games.
This is the historic Gold Medal that we have been waiting for 24 years since the Gold Medal of the athlete pair Vu Manh Cuong - Ngo Thu Thuy (SEA Games 1999). In the mixed doubles final, in the first set, a surprise happened when the two Vietnamese players won. Entering the match, the two players Zhe Yu Chew - Jian Zeng took a large lead of 10-3 and only had 1 point left to end the match. However, the two Singaporean players did not expect Dinh Anh Hoang and Tran Mai Ngoc to be so persistent and courageous. The two Vietnamese players did the unthinkable by scoring 7 consecutive points, tying the score at 10-10 and winning 13-11, taking the lead 1-0.
Continuing the momentum, Dinh Anh Hoang - Tran Mai Ngoc continued to win the second game with a score of 11-8, raising the score to 2-0. Although losing the third game with a score of 8-11, but winning the fourth game with a close score of 14-12, the two Vietnamese players Dinh Anh Hoang - Tran Mai Ngoc won the final 3-1 against the Singaporean pair to win the Gold Medal after 24 years of waiting for the Vietnamese table tennis team.
Fencing also received good news when it won two consecutive gold medals in the women's team sabre and men's team sabre. The women's team sabre gold medal went to Phung Thi Khanh Linh, Pham Thi Thu Hoai, Bui Thi Thu Ha, and Le Minh Hang. Immediately after, athletes Hoang Nhat Nam, Nguyen Tien Nhat, Nguyen Phuoc Den, and Truong Tran Nhat Minh defeated Thailand in the final match with a score of 45-33, winning the gold medal in the men's team sabre.
In weightlifting, athlete Tran Minh Tri won the gold medal in the men's 67kg category with a total lift of 306kg, including 130kg in the snatch and 176kg in the clean and jerk. This achievement also helped Minh Tri break the SEA Games record in the clean and jerk (old record 173kg). Unfortunately, athlete Hoang Thi Duyen could not successfully defend her championship title, only winning the bronze medal.
In the final of the women's 59kg category, Hoang Thi Duyen stopped at 112kg in clean and jerk, achieving a total lift of 205kg. She registered for a lift of 97kg with the intention of breaking the SEA Games record (96kg) but was unsuccessful. The gold medal winner in this category was the Philippine athlete who successfully lifted 98kg, setting a new SEA Games record.
Diving continues to be the "gold mine" of Vietnamese sports when it brought home 5 gold medals thanks to the efforts of athletes: Nguyen Tran San San (diving, breaking the women's 800m fins record); Vu Dang Nhat Nam (400m double fins); Nguyen Thi Thao (diving, 50m double fins); Nguyen Trong Dung (men's 800m fins); Nguyen Tien Dat, Do Dinh Toan, Pham Thi Thu, Cao Thi Duyen, Nguyen Thanh Loc (mixed relay 200m fins).
Wrestling contributed 3 gold medals on the first day of competition thanks to the efforts of athletes: Nguyen Dinh Huy (men's 55kg), Bui Tien Hai (60kg), Nguyen Cong Manh (72kg).
Judo also contributed 2 gold medals thanks to the efforts of martial artists Nguyen Hoang Thanh (men's 55 kg category) and Chu Duc Dat (men's 60 kg category).
against the very strong Thai boxer.
On the same day of competition, other sports continued to bring gold medals to Vietnamese sports, including: Traditional rowing (12-person mixed-gender boat 500m event); Nguyen Quang Nhat - Dang Cuu Tung Lan (men's standard chess team event (Chinese chess); Ly Hong Phuc (men's 74 kg, taekwondo); Bui Dinh Quyet (stick martial arts).
Meanwhile, in tennis, Vietnam's No. 1 player Ly Hoang Nam had health problems and lost to Rifki Fitriadi (Indonesia) to win the bronze medal. Ly Hoang Nam failed to defend his gold medal in men's singles.
Thus, on the competition day of May 14, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation won 20 more gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals.
As of 9pm today, the Vietnamese sports delegation firmly leads the overall rankings with 106 gold medals. Second is the Thai sports delegation with 90 gold medals. Third is Indonesia with 67 gold medals.
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