World Games: Tung wins gold, beats Chinese at their own game

Nguyen Thanh Tung pocketed a second gold medal for Vietnam on August 4 at the World Games in Cali, Colombia.

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 wushuwhich originated in China, with 19.43 points. The two runners-upwere Lee Yang from Malaysia and Lu Rufei of China.

Histeammate 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 becamethe champions, which is the first ever happened in the World Gameshistory.

The first medal of Vietnam went to karate martialartist 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 organisedevery four years, will be held in Wroclaw , Poland , in 2017.-VNA

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