SEA Games 31: Vietnam exceeds gold medal target in taekwondo
Pham Thi Thu Hien secured one more gold medal for the Vietnamese taekwondo team in the final of the women’s under-62kg Kyorugi event at the ongoing 31st SEA Games on May 19.
Pham Thi Thu Hien (centre) secures one more gold medal for the Vietnamese taekwondo team (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Pham Thi Thu Hien secured one more gold medal for theVietnamese taekwondo team in the final of thewomen’s under-62kg Kyorugi event at the ongoing 31st SEA Games on May19.
Sasikarn Tongchan of Thailand got the silver inthe event.
In other competitions the same day, Pham Minh Bao Kha of Vietnam won onesilver medal in the men’s 80kg Kyorugi event, while Vu Thi Dung brought home a bronzemedal in the women’s 49kg category.
After the four day of competition at SEA Games 31,Vietnamese taekwondo athletes pocketed nine gold medals, far exceeding thetarget./.
Thailand has sent 819 athletes to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Vietnam, which will officially begin on May 12, the Bangkok Post reported, and named some of the top athletes in the delegation.
Taekwondo athletes of Vietnam will meet many difficulties on their way to the championship at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), according to the Organising Committee of SEA Games 31.
The Vietnamese taekwondo team won four gold and one silver medals in the very first day of competition at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 16.
Vietnamese taekwondo fighters Truong Thi Kim Tuyen and Bac Thi Khiem on May 17 won additional two gold medals for Vietnam in the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
