SEA Games 31: Vietnam’s Pencak Silat team finish first in medal table

Vietnam's Quang Thi Thu Nghia (second from left) wins gold for Vietnam's Pencak Silat team. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Pencak Silat team has topped the medal table ofthe sport at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

With 16 competition events, Vietnamese athletes won sixgold, two silver and five bronze medals.

They were followed by Singapore with four golds, threesilvers and four bronzes; and Malaysia with two golds, three silvers and ninebronzes.

Vietnam yielded 20 gold medals on May 16 – the fourthofficial competition day of SEA Games 31, raising the total to 88. With 88golds, 54 silvers and 55 bronzes, Vietnam now top the medal tally.

Thailand come second with 36 golds, 38 silvers and 53bronzes, and the Philippines stand in the third place with 30 golds, 34silvers and 44 bronzes./.

VNA