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Sepak takraw women maintain second place

Vietnam’s women have successfully held on to second position in the sepak takraw world rankings after coming third in the Super Series tournament in Palembang, Indonesia which ended on Feb. 27.
Vietnam’s women have successfully held on to second position in thesepak takraw world rankings after coming third in the Super Seriestournament in Palembang, Indonesia which ended on Feb. 27.

Although beaten by the Indonesian team in the semi-finals, theVietnamese team scored 175 points, raising their total to 725 andclinching the runners up spot after Thailand who romped home infirst place with 1,000 points.

After coming secondin the tournament, the women from the Republic of Korea collected 200extra points to increase their total score to 665 points and securethird position./.
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