SEA Games 30: Vietnam maintains 2nd position

Vietnam maintained the second spot in the medal tally of the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) at the Philippines as of December 2, with kurash being the country’s goldmine.
SEA Games 30: Vietnam maintains 2nd position ảnh 1Le Duc Dong bags the first gold medal for Vietnam on the second official competition day in the final of kurash men’s -66 kg (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnammaintained the second spot in the medal tally of the ongoing 30th SoutheastAsian Games (SEA Games 30) at the Philippines as of December 2, with kurashbeing the country’s goldmine.

Le Duc Dong bagged the first gold medal forVietnam on the second official competition day after beating his rival from thehosts Philippines 3-0 in the final of men’s -66 kg.

Tran Thi Thanh Thuy and Vu Ngoc Son triumphedin the women’s 70 kg and men’s -73 kg, respectively. Afterwards, Bui Minh Quanearned the sixth gold medal in kurash in the men’s -81 kg event.
SEA Games 30: Vietnam maintains 2nd position ảnh 2Nguyen Thi Lan (in green) concludes a big day for Vietnam’s kurash with a gold in the women’s -70 kg (Photo: VNA)
Nguyen Thi Lan concluded a big day forVietnam’s kurash with a gold in the women’s -70 kg.

One day earlier, Tran Thuong earned a goldmedal in men’s -90 kg, while Hoang Thi Tinh won the second gold in kurash forVietnam in women’s -52 kg after beating her rival from the Philippines.

Vietnamese kurash martial artists snatchedup to seven out of the total 15 gold medals of the delegation as of 8pm on December2. In addition, athletes of the country have so far earned 20 silver and 16bronze medals.

According to the SEA Games 30’s officialwebsite, the hosts Philippines temporarily ranked first with 38 gold, 20 silverand 13 bronze medals. The third and fourth places went to Malaysia (10 gold,two silver and seven bronze medals) and Indonesia (six gold, 11 silver and 12bronze medals).

SEA Games 30 officially kicked off onNovember 30 and is set to wrap up on December 12, with the participation ofathletes from the 11 Southeast Asian nations. About 8,750 athletes arecompeting in 56 sports./.
VNA

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