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Kurash team eager for SEA Games 31

Vietnam’s kurash athletes are set to begin their competition at SEA Games 31 on May 10, vying for five out of the 10 gold medals of the tournament, according to the national organising committee for SEA Games 31.
Kurash team eager for SEA Games 31 ảnh 1Kurash athletes practice at the Hoai Duc Gymnasium (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s kurash athletes are set to begintheir competition at SEA Games 31 on May 10, vying for five out of the 10 goldmedals of the tournament, according to the national organising committee for SEA Games 31.

In preparation for the biennial regional sport event on hometurf, the squad had a training session in Uzbekistan and attended the Asian KurashChampionship in Tajikistan in March, winning one silver and threebronze.

Their head coach Nguyen Tuan Hoc said the five-gold targetis suitable to the team’s capacity and the situations of their regionalopponents.

Ten kurash weight classes across men’s and women’scategories are scheduled to last until May 13 at the Hoai Duc Gymnasium inHanoi’s Hoai Duc district.

At the previous SEA Games 30 in the Philippines when thesport first appeared in the event, Vietnam won seven golds, one silver, and twobronzes./.

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