Vietnam caused a big surprise at the 2023 World Muay Thai Championship, winning 5 gold medals

The 2023 World Muay Thai Championships, called "IFMA Senior World Championships 2023", will bring together more than 3,000 athletes, coaches and officials from 112 countries and territories to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Federation of Muay Thai Sports Associations.

Vietnamese athletes brought many surprises at the 2023 International Muay Thai Tournament

After 10 days of competition, the Vietnamese Muay Thai team won 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Notably, in the matches for the U.23 age group, 4 athletes Ma Thanh Dang (45 kg men), Nguyen Dinh Minh Khue (48 kg men), Nguyen Thi Phuong Hau (60 kg women) and Tran Thi Anh Tuyet (75 kg women) competed excellently in the final match and brought home 4 gold medals for the Vietnamese Muay Thai team. In addition, the Vietnamese Muay Thai team also won 3 silver medals and 6 bronze medals, thereby surpassing many strong countries such as Malaysia and host Thailand to finish the tournament in the No. 1 position in the U.23 age group.

Meanwhile, in the category for the over 23 age group, athlete Nguyen Van Yen won a gold medal in the men's single waikru category and Huynh Hoang Phi won a bronze medal in the men's 54 kg category.

Many young faces of Muay Vietnam create surprises against athletes from Thailand and Malaysia

Coming to the IFMA Senior World Championships 2023, the Vietnamese Muay team encountered many difficulties when the coaching staff had to divide the team into 2 teams to compete internationally at the same time. The first team had outstanding athletes such as Huynh Ha Huu Hieu and Nguyen Thanh Tung competing at the 32nd SEA Games in the Kun Khmer sport. Meanwhile, in the second team, Huynh Hoang Phi and some remaining members went to Thailand to compete in the IFMA Senior World Championships 2023. Therefore, the results achieved in Thailand were considered a surprise to the coaching staff. At the same time, Vietnamese Muay is showing that they have a team with many quality athletes.

Before the 32nd SEA Games, the International Muay Thai Federation (IFMA) announced that it would ban athletes participating in the Kun Khmer sport from international competitions. However, recently, (IFMA) has also lifted this announcement.

At the 32nd SEA Games, the first team of Vietnam Muay Thai finished the Khmer kun event with gold medals from Huynh Ha Huu Hieu (45 kg women), Ta Thi Kim Yen (48 kg women), Trieu Thi Phuong Thuy (51 kg women), Bui Yen Ly (57 kg women) and Bang Thi Mai (60 kg women). In addition, the Vietnam Khmer kun team also won 8 silver medals and 4 bronze medals.

This result helped the Vietnamese Khmer team rank second overall at the 32nd SEA Games.

Vietnamese kun khmer boxers competed excellently at SEA Games 32 and ranked 2nd overall.

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