Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien finished only fifth in the women's 400m medley final on August 21 (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Vietnam stood at the 17th place inthe medal standings of the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) on August 21 with anothertwo silver medals and one bronze medal but some of its golden hopes suffered failureduring the day.
Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien entered the final of the women’s400m medley – the category she won a silver in the last ASIAD in the Republicof Korea four years ago. It was hoped that she can change her medal’s colourthis year but Vien finished only fifth.
Another golden hope of Vietnam was marksmanHoang Xuan Vinh who was gold medallist in the 10m air pistol event at the Rio2016 Summer Olympics. However, he failed to advance to the final of the samecategory, ranking ninth in the qualifying round.
In the men’s nanquan – nangun event, wushuartist Pham Quoc Khanh pocketed a silver medal with 19.42 points.
Duong Thuy Vi brought home a bronze medal in thewomen’s qiangshu wushu event.
Weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh clinched a silvermedal in the 62kg category with a total lift of 299kg.
The same day, the women’s football team ofVietnam lost 0 – 7 to Japan but was still qualified for quarterfinals whenstanding in the second place of group C. They will face Chinese Taipei, whichranked second in group A, in the next round.
Vietnam was in the 17th place in the medalstandings with three silver and four bronze medals as of 10pm of August 21.
China still topped the list with 30 gold medals,followed by Japan (12 golds), the Republic of Korea (eight golds) and Indonesia(five golds).-VNA
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