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SEA Games 31: Kurash athletes secure two more golds for Vietnam

The Vietnamese kurash team won two more gold medals on May 11, the second day of the event’s competition, at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), exceeding the target of five golds.
SEA Games 31: Kurash athletes secure two more golds for Vietnam ảnh 1Le Cong Hoang Hai wins a gold medal in the men's under-60 kg category on May 11, the second day of competitions of Kurash, at SEA Games 31. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamesekurash team won two more gold medals on May 11, the second day of the event’s competition, at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31),exceeding the target of five golds.

In addition to the two golds, kurash athletes clinched two silver and two bronzemedals.

Le Cong Hoang Hai won a gold medal in the men's under-60kg category, while his teammate Le Duc Dong took a gold in the men's under-66kg category at Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district.

This is the first gold medal of Le Cong Hoang Hai as he attended the regionalsports event for the first time, while Le Duc Dong successfully defended the goldmedal he had won at the previous games in the Philippines.

The Vietnamese kurash athletes won four kurash gold medals on May 10.

Ten kurash weight classes of the men’s and women’s categories are scheduled tolast until May 13 at the Hoai Duc Gymnasium.

At the previous SEA Games30 in the Philippines when the sport first appeared in the event, Vietnam wonseven golds, one silver, and two bronzes./.
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