Duong Thi Thanh Minh (right) and Le Duy Thanh win two of five gold medals for Vietnam at the seventh Asian Jujitsu Championship in Thailand. (Photo courtesy of Thanh Minh) In the last day of competition on February 28, Vietnamese fighterssecured three titles by Hoang Thi Nhat Que in the women's over-70kgcontact class, Phung Thi Hue in the women's 45kg contact class and DuongThi Thanh Minh in the women's 52kg contact class.
Earlier, Hue took the first gold at the tournament for Vietnam in the45kg fighting pool on February 25. Le Duy Thanh won the men's 94kgcategory.
In addition, the team also took two silver and 17 bronzemedals from the Bangkok championship to finish fourth in the medal tally.
Thailand topped the ranking with 16 golds, followed by Kazakhstanand the UAE.
Organisers announced that more than 500 athletes from 30 countriesand territories competed at the tournament, a record number of participants.Among them, 23 teams grabbed medals.
According to Tran Van Thach, head of the Vietnamese team, all35 athletes were the best of Vietnam recently. Many of them will take partin the coming 32nd SEA Games in May in Cambodia.
"It is a good warm up for us to prepare for the SEAGames and further, the 19th Asian Games," said coach Bui Dinh Tien.
"Kudos to my athletes who showed greatdetermination and spirit. However, there are still many works to do ahead ofimportant Games. We must keep focused and practise harder to bring home betterresults."/.
VNA
