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Golden triumph: Karate artist Le Bich Phuong celebrates after winning the first gold for Viet Nam yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quoc Khanh |
Phuong was not a gold medal hope and surprised Vietnamese coaching staff by beating Japan's world champion Kobayashi Miki 4-3 in the final at Guangdong Gymnasium to win her first ever gold.
The 18-year-old fought superbly after cruising past South Korea's Ahn Tae-eun, Uzbekistan's Niyazova Regina and Macau's Lao Un Ieng before edging past her Japanese opponent in the final.
"I'm so happy to beat the world champion and take the first gold for Viet Nam at the Asian Games," Phuong said after the final.
"I dedicate the gold to all the Vietnamese people, who have supported us at Asia's biggest sporting event," she added.
Earlier, Phuong's teammate Tran Duc Minh bagged a bronze medal in the men's under-60kg division.
Runners Truong Thanh Hang and Vu Thi Huong added two more silvers for Viet Nam on the 13th day, finishing second in the women's 800m and 200m, respectively.
Hang, who bagged a silver medal in the women's 1,500m on Tuesday, ran a time of 2:00:91, just six tenths of a second behind Kazakhstan's Matko Margarita, who won the gold.
India's Lukka Tintu came in with 2:01:36 to take bronze.
Sprinter Huong, who set a milestone for Vietnamese athletics at ASIAD with a bronze medal in the women's 100m, managed a time of 23.74sec to finish second in the 200m yesterday.
Japan's Fukushima Chisato won the gold in 23.62sec.
Huong and her teammates compete in the 4x100m final today on the penultimate day of the Games.
Yesterday's competition also saw Vietnamese wrestler Nguyen Thi Lua bagging a silver medal in the women's 48kg freestyle after a 5-0 defeat to North Korea's So Sim-hyang in the final.
Viet Nam have won one gold, 17 silver and 14 bronze medals. They are currently 22nd in the medals table. — VNS
Asian Games Medals Tally
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1 China | 180 | 104 | 91 |
2 South Korea | 72 | 60 | 85 |
3 Japan | 39 | 68 | 86 |
4 Iran | 19 | 11 | 23 |
5 Kazakhstan | 15 | 18 | 32 |
6 Chinese Taipei | 12 | 12 | 33 |
7 Uzbekistan | 10 | 17 | 20 |
8 India | 10 | 14 | 29 |
9 Malaysia | 9 | 17 | 13 |
10 Thailand | 9 | 7 | 31 |
11 Hong Kong | 8 | 15 | 15 |
12 North Korea | 6 | 10 | 18 |
13 Indonesia | 4 | 9 | 12 |
14 Singapore | 4 | 7 | 6 |
15 Qatar | 4 | 4 | 6 |
16 Kuwait | 3 | 6 | 1 |
17 Philippines | 3 | 3 | 9 |
18 Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 5 |
19 Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 2 |
20 Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 3 |
21 Jordan | 2 | 2 | 1 |
22 Viet Nam | 1 | 17 | 14 |
23 Mongolia | 1 | 3 | 9 |
24 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2 | 2 |
25 Macao | 1 | 1 | 3 |
26 Tajikistan | 1 | 0 | 3 |
27 Myanmar | 0 | 5 | 3 |
28 UAE | 0 | 4 | 1 |
29 Iraq | 0 | 1 | 2 |
29 Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 2 |
31 Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
31 Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 1 |
33 Laos | 0 | 0 | 2 |
34 Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 |
35 Oman | 0 | 0 | 1 |
36 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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