Thailand leaves Vietnam far behind

On October 1, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation continued to compete in many sports such as volleyball, chess, athletics and weightlifting.

Vietnamese chess team won silver medal at ASIAD 19 in mixed category.

However, only chess brought medals to the Vietnamese Sports delegation.

Specifically, players Lai Ly Huynh, Nguyen Thanh Bao and Nguyen Hoang Yen won silver medals in the mixed men's and women's event.

Thereby, raising the total number of silver medals of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation at ASIAD 19 to 3.

However, according to the latest rankings, Vietnam has dropped to 17th place with 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.

Meanwhile, the Thai team continued to have good results on the competition day of October 1 and maintained 6th place on the rankings.

As of the morning of October 2, the land of golden temples has 10 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. Currently, Thailand is only 1 gold medal behind the team ranked above, Uzbekistan.

In the top group, China still showed complete dominance when winning 132 gold medals, 72 silver medals and 39 bronze medals.

Even the host team of ASIAD 19 has about 4 times more gold medals than the team right behind, Korea (30 gold medals).

The next positions in the top 5 belong to Japan (29 gold medals, 41 silver medals, 42 bronze medals), India (13 gold medals, 21 silver medals, 19 bronze medals).

Southeast Asian countries are also doing quite well in the medal table.

Specifically, Indonesia (ranked 10th, 4 gold medals), Malaysia (ranked 14th, 3 gold medals), Singapore (ranked 15th, 2 gold medals)...

Medal tally of ASIAD 19 as of October 1.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/bang-tong-sap-huy-chuong-asiad-19-thai-lan-bo-xa-viet-nam-192231002013641756.htm