Nguyen Thanh Tung pocketed a second gold medal for Vietnam on August 4 at the World Games in Cali , Colombia.
Tung successfully triumphed in the men's taijijian, an event of wushu which originated in China, with 19.43 points. The two runners-up were Lee Yang from Malaysia and Lu Rufei of China.
His teammate Duong Thuy Vi pocketed a silver in the women's qiangshu event, and Nguyen Manh Quyen was runner-up in the men's daoshu discipline
Earlier, Vietnam triumphed at the mixed doubles event of the aerobics.
Tran Thu Ha and Vu Ba Dong entered the finals together with France , Spain , and Romania.
In the end, all four pairs shared same points of 20.450 and all became the champions, which is the first ever happened in the World Games history.
The first medal of Vietnam went to karate martial artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan who won a silver in the individual kata (performance) event.
Vietnam claimed two golds and three silvers at the Games, which closed on August 4.
The next Games, which is an international multi-sport event organised every four years, will be held in Wroclaw , Poland , in 2017.-VNA
Tung successfully triumphed in the men's taijijian, an event of wushu which originated in China, with 19.43 points. The two runners-up were Lee Yang from Malaysia and Lu Rufei of China.
His teammate Duong Thuy Vi pocketed a silver in the women's qiangshu event, and Nguyen Manh Quyen was runner-up in the men's daoshu discipline
Earlier, Vietnam triumphed at the mixed doubles event of the aerobics.
Tran Thu Ha and Vu Ba Dong entered the finals together with France , Spain , and Romania.
In the end, all four pairs shared same points of 20.450 and all became the champions, which is the first ever happened in the World Games history.
The first medal of Vietnam went to karate martial artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan who won a silver in the individual kata (performance) event.
Vietnam claimed two golds and three silvers at the Games, which closed on August 4.
The next Games, which is an international multi-sport event organised every four years, will be held in Wroclaw , Poland , in 2017.-VNA
