In today's Kata (performance) events, Vietnam Karate has high expectations that Nguyen Thi Phuong will win the gold medal because she is the reigning champion at the 31st SEA Games.
Vietnamese girls' exam
However, in the final of the women's individual Kata event, Nguyen Thi Phuong was awarded 40.2 points by the judges for her performance, receiving silver medal, behind Ben Alforte of the Philippines who was awarded 40.8 points. Nguyen Thi Phuong was therefore unable to defend the gold medal she won at the 31st SEA Games.
The joy of Nguyen Thi Phuong (middle) and her teammates
The organizers awarded medals to the women's team.
But without regretting for too long, Nguyen Thi Phuong and her teammates Nguyen Ngoc Tram and Luu Thi Thu Uyen competed excellently in the women's team kata final, defeating the Indonesian team with a score of 41.4 - 39.7, thereby winning the first gold medal of the day for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation, the first gold medal for Karate at the 32nd SEA Games.
Vietnam Karate wins second gold medal in men's team Kata event
Awarding gold medal to men's team
The gold medal of Nguyen Thi Phuong and her teammates was a great motivation for their male colleagues, because not long after that, athletes Le Hong Phuc, Pham Minh Duc and Giang Viet Anh continued to beat their opponents from Indonesia with a score of 41.0 - 40.8, thereby bringing home the second gold medal of the day for the Karate team and the Vietnam Sports Delegation.
After the Kata events, Vietnamese athletes will continue to compete in the Kumite events this afternoon.
THAI AN; photo: TAM NINH
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