Bang Thi Mai (right) beat Sirisopa Sirisak of Thailand in the finals of women’s 60kg category to win a gold medal for Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) Vinh Phuc (VNA) –Vietnamese team topped muay competitions on May 22 at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames 31) with four gold medals in total.
After a convincing victory inthe first rounds, in the women's 54 kg category final, Bui Yen Ly beat RuchiraWongsriwo of Thailand 30-27, bringing home the first gold for the Vietnam muayteam.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Tran DuyNhat proved his strength when defeating his Thai opponent Chonlawit Preedasak29-28 after three rounds in the men’s 60kg category.
Similarly, Bang Thi Mai won victory over Sirosopa Sirisak of Thailand with 29points in the women’s 60kg category, just one more than her rival while NguyenThi Phuong Hau defeated Thai muay martial artist Kamtakrapoom inwomen’s 63.5kg category.
In other matches,Wansawang Srila-or of Thailand beat Nuramisha Binti Azrilrizal of Malaysia toearn the first gold medal for the Thai team.
Concluding SEA Games 31 muaycompetitions, Vietnam topped the team’s rankings with four gold, five silver andone bronze medals, surpassing the initial target of one or two golds.
The Thaiteam came second with three gold, four silver and four bronze medals while thePhilippines were third with two gold. Malaysia and Cambodia each won onegold at the event./.
