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Martial artist wins bronze at virtual 2020 Taekwondo Asia champs

Martial artist Pham Quoc Viet recently bagged a bronze medal in the recognised poomsae event at the Online 2020 World Taekwondo Asia Poomsae Championships.
Martial artist wins bronze at virtual 2020 Taekwondo Asia champs ảnh 1Martial artist Pham Quoc Viet (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Martial artist Pham Quoc Viet recently bagged a bronze medal in therecognised poomsae event at the Online 2020 World Taekwondo Asia PoomsaeChampionships.

His medal was thefirst of Vietnam at the competition.

The championships, heldon November 12-14, took place virtually due to the impact of COVID-19.

It drew theparticipation of 144 martial artists of age 18-65 from 21 countries andterritories in Asia, who competed in 14 recognised and free style poomsaeevents.

Vietnam sent fourathletes to the competition./.

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