Shooter Ngo Huu Vuong (second from right) and Vietnamese coaches at ASIAD 2023. (Photo: VNA) Zhejiang (VNA) – Shooter Ngo Huu Vuong secured the first silver medal forVietnam at the 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 2023) in Hangzhou city of China'sZhejiang province on September 25.
Vuong finishedsecond in the men’s 10m air rifle running target category with 571 points,surpassing his own achievements in the last ASIAD which took place in Indonesiawhen he bagged a bronze medal.
Dwi Putra ofIndonesia won the gold medal in this category with 578 points while Jeong YouJin of the Republic of Korea brought home the bronze medal after defeatingVietnamese athlete Nguyen Tuan Anh in the shoot-off round.
Vietnamese athletes secure two more bronze medals in rowing on September 25. (Photo: VNA) Also onSeptember 25 - the last rowing competition of ASIAD 2023, Vietnameserowers bagged two more bronze medals.
In the women’s eight event, Dinh Thi Hao, Du Thi Bong, Ha Thi Vui, Ho Thi Ly, Le ThiHien, Pham Thi Hue, Pham Thi Ngoc Anh and Tran Thi Kiet finished third with atime of 6 minutes 48.21 seconds. The gold medal was claimed by the hostcountry's rowers with a time of 6:33.61, while Japanese athletes took the silver with a time of6 minutes and 44.15 seconds.
The bronzemedal for Vietnam was earned in the women's quadruple event. BuiThi Thu Hien, Luong Thi Thao, Nguyen Thi Giang, and Pham Thi Thao came third in this category with a time of 6 minutes and 54.84 seconds. The gold medal was secured by China, with a time of 6 minutes and 42.84 seconds, while Iran took the silver with atime of 6 minutes and 51.82 seconds./.
