Gymnastics athlete Nguyen Van Khanh Phong on September 27 secured a silver in the rings category for Vietnam at the ongoing 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 2023) in Hangzhou city of China’s Zhejiang province.
The International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) hopes to support Vietnamese gymnasts to reach new heights, and possibly win medal at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, FIG President Morinari Wantanabe has said.
With a gold medal in the men’s single bar event on May 9, Dinh Phuong Thanh went down in the history of Vietnamese gymnastics winning gold in five consecutive editions of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).
Female chess player Doan Thi Hong Nhung on May 9 brought a gold medal to Vietnam in Ouk Chaktrang women's single 60-minute after defeating Fillipo player Shania Mae Garcia Mendoza.
The Vietnamese gymnastics team won a gold medal in the men's team all-around event with 313 points on May 8 - the first day of their competition at the ongoing 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.
Vietnamese gymnasts are looking at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as a key stepping stone towards future success on the global stage, including the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Vietnam has proposed the addition of two sports – women’s gymnastics and dancesport – to the competition programme of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32), according to the Vietnam Gymnastics Federation (VGF).
Gymnasts Trinh Quang Manh and Phan Thi Uyen Nhi on September 4 won a gold medal in the mixed doubles at the ongoing seventh Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Thailand.
Aerobic gymnasts Nguyen Che Thanh, Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi and Le Hoang Phong won a gold medal in aerobic gymnastics trio event on May 21 during the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
Concern over Malaysia’s standings on the medal tally chart has grown as the country dropped to sixth place at the end of the ninth day of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Vietnam.
Artistic gymnast Dinh Phuong Thanh brought home two gold medals in the men's horizontal bar and parallel bar events at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 16.
Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien won a gold medal in the pommel horse of the men’s rhythmic gymnastics tournament at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) after his excellent performance at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi on May 15.
Vietnam secured a gold medal in the artistic gymnastics men’s team at the ongoing SEA Games 31, scoring 331.25 points after nearly three hours of competition on May 13.
Artistic gymnastics has been a long-time Olympic sport and appeared in major international sporting events. Vietnamese fans became more familiar with the sport only from SEA Games 29, according to the national organising committee for SEA Games 31.
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