Vietnamese athlete wins silver at junior world wrestling event
Pham Thi Duyen took home the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Wrestling
World Championship, which concluded at the Polivalenta Sports Venue in
Bucharest , Romania , over the weekend.
Pham Thi Duyen took home the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Wrestling
World Championship, which concluded at the Polivalenta Sports Venue in
Bucharest , Romania , over the weekend.
Duyen lost to Russia 's Nadezda Fedorova by 13-5 in the final of the girls' 44kg category.
Earlier, Duyen managed to defeat Ganna Boguneko of the Ukraine by 7-2 in the first round before beating Erin Simone Golston of the US by 4-2 in the second round.
The silver medal helped Vietnam rank eighth in the girls' freestyle, just behind Japan , China and Russia .
Over 1,000 wrestlers attended the event, organised by the Romanian Wrestling Federation and one of the most prestigious of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling./.
Duyen lost to Russia 's Nadezda Fedorova by 13-5 in the final of the girls' 44kg category.
Earlier, Duyen managed to defeat Ganna Boguneko of the Ukraine by 7-2 in the first round before beating Erin Simone Golston of the US by 4-2 in the second round.
The silver medal helped Vietnam rank eighth in the girls' freestyle, just behind Japan , China and Russia .
Over 1,000 wrestlers attended the event, organised by the Romanian Wrestling Federation and one of the most prestigious of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling./.
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