Officials of Thua Thien-Hue and the local coaches and athletes at the commendation ceremony on April 10 (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue held an event on April 10 to commend the localcoaches and athletes with outstanding achievements in recent regional andinternational tournaments.
In March, the province sent athletes to theAsian Youth Chess Championships and the Southeast Asian Cadet and Junior OpenWrestling Championships in Thailand, the World Taekwondo MalaysiaOpen Grade One Championship, and the World Taekwondo JuniorChampionships in Tunisia. Local athletes brought home 10 gold and five silvermedals from those events.
At the Asian Youth Chess Championships in ChiangMai, Thailand, four athletes of Thua Thien-Hue pocketed four golds and threesilvers.
Notably, Nguyen Ha Khanh Linh obtained a goldmedal in the girls’ U10 individual standard chess event and a silver in anotherindividual event. She also contributed to the Vietnamese team’s one gold andone silver medal in the team category.
Another four athletes of the province earned fourgold and two silver medals at the Southeast Asian Cadet and Junior OpenWrestling Championships in Thailand.
Nguyen Thi My Trang and Nguyen Thi My Linhpocketed four gold medals in the women’s freestyle and beach wrestling events.Le Thi Quynh Nhu and Nguyen Phuc Long gained two silver medals.
Addressing the ceremony, Director of theprovincial Department of Culture and Sports Phan Tien Dung said Thua Thien-Huehas continually offered preferential policies for high-performance athletes andencouraged sportspersons to take part in domestic and foreign tournaments.
He particularly praised Nguyen Ha Khanh Linh’sexcellent performance at the Asian tourney, which was only the first time shehad competed at an international tournament.-VNA
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