Showing posts with label Guangzhou China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guangzhou China. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Swimmer tastes freestyle gold

Lapping it up: Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung secures the first gold, and the second medal of Vietnamese team, at the Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong

Lapping it up: Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung secures the first gold, and the second medal of Vietnamese team, at the Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong

HA NOI — Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung clocked a time in 35.56sec to win a gold in the men's 50m freestyle at the Asian ParaGames for disabled athletes in Guangzhou, China, yesterday.

Tung, 25, was faster than Siga Tamery from Malaysia, who came in second with 38.68sec, and Kaewkham Voravit of Thailand, in third with 39.93sec at Aoti Aquatics Centre.

It's the first gold for Viet Nam in the second day of competition.

Tung competes in the 50m butterfly today and 100m freestyle tomorrow.

Earlier, Nguyen Anh Tuan only managed a bronze medal in the men's long jump with a 5.33m leap, 63cm behind gold medallist China's Li Duan.

Thailand's Punthong Jakkit grabbed the silver with 5.38m.

On Monday, weightlifter Nguyen Thi Hong bagged a bronze medal in the women's weightlifting.

Viet Nam team ranks in 10th place in the medal tally.

At the send-off ceremony in Ha Noi, sponsors announced they would provide cash awards of VND20 million (US$1,000) to gold medal winners, in addition to a VND25 million ($1,200) award from the Government. — VNS

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Sharp shooters shoot down 2 silvers

Silverware: Dang Hong Ha (centre) and her teammates Cu Thi Thanh Tu and Nguyen Thu Hang celebrate after winning a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mobile target team event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quoc Khanh

Silverware: Dang Hong Ha (centre) and her teammates Cu Thi Thanh Tu and Nguyen Thu Hang celebrate after winning a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mobile target team event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quoc Khanh

HA NOI — Sharpshooters Dang Hong Ha, Cu Thi Thanh Tu and Nguyen Thi Hang bagged the silver medal in the women's 10m mobile target air rifle team event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China yesterday.

The trio accumulated a total of 1,084 points to finish second, 62 points behind China.

North Korea came third with 1,068 points.

The men's shooters bagged one more silver and bronze for Viet Nam yesterday.

Ha Minh Thanh scored 583 points in the men's 25m individual rapid fire pistol to equal Chinese Li Yuehong after 60 shots. But Thanh had to take the silver as he lost to the Chinese shooter in the final 10 shots with 196.7 points, 3.1 points lower than Li's achievement.

Thanh and his teammates, Bui Quang Nam and Pham Anh Dat, also bagged a bronze medal in the team event with a total of 1,718 points.

Wushu artist Pham Quoc Khanh took the bronze in the men's all-around nanquan (ultimate fist) and nangun (rod play) with a total 19.33 points in the men's taolu (performance) event yesterday.

Vietnamese athletes took home two silver and three bronze medals in the Asian Games yesterday.

International Grand Master (IGM) Le Quang Liem gained 5.5 points to take the lead in the men's individual chess tournament at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Liem won five matches including two wins over the Asian Games' defending champion Murtas Kazhgaleyev of Kazakhstan, Chinese Bu Xiangzhi.

The 19-year-old hopes to maintain his momentum as he gets ready for his next matches today.

Martial artist Nguyen Thi Bich beat Elina Chaudhary of Nepal 2-0, earning a semi-final berth in the women's 52kg sanshou (combat) event. — VNS

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Olympian to compete on Saturday

Olympian weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan will compete in the men's 56kg division of Asian Games at Dongguan gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on Saturday.

Tuan, 25, who won a silver medal at Beijing Olympics two years ago with a total lift of 290kg, is a golden hope for Viet Nam at Asia's biggest sporting event.

The Bac Ninh-born athlete won a silver with a combined lift of 285kg in the Asian Games in Qatar four years ago.

In the women's 48kg division, Nguyen Thi Hong will start her competition on Saturday.

Joton to compete in friendly tour

HCM City-based basketball team Joton will compete in the China-ASEAN Basketball Tournament in Guangxi, China from November 30 to December 6, the Viet Nam Basketball Federation said yesterday.

The team will compete in the round-robin format against Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Thailand, Guangdong and hosts Guangxi in Pingguo City.

Women get set for Asian Games

Viet Nam women's football team beat Guangzhou U-19s 3-0 in a friendly match on Tuesday.

It's the second victory over a local team during the pre-tournament training camp before Asian Games kick off tomorrow.

Viet Nam have been drawn in Group A with China, South Korea, and Jordan. The two top teams will qualify for semi-final.

The team play South Korea in the group curtain raiser on Sunday.

Veteran sharpshooter eyes gold

Sharpshooter Nguyen Manh Tuong is an oldest Vietnamese athlete competing at the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD).

Tuong, 50, who has competed in three Asian Games, said he will retire within the next five years.

He bagged a bronze in the men's individual centre-fire pistol at the Busan Asian Games in 2002, before taking a bronze in the team event in the Qatar games in 2006.

Fifteen year-old tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien will become Viet Nam's youngest athlete at ASIAD when he makes his debut.

Thai players enter local tourney

Four Thai players will join 43 local athletes in the professional category of the 10th Phu My Hung Cup tennis tournament that opens this Saturday.

Ngo Quang Huy, Ngo Duc Duong, Tran Duc Quynh are among the more well known Vietnamese men players while Tran Thi Tam Hao and Tran Lam Anh are good players on women's side.

The tournament misses some top players who are playing at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

The Thai contingent has two male players – Ekkarin Pisuth-Arnonth and Pingmuang Santi, and two female players – Kotcha Nattawadee and Samrej Jitsupang.

The winner of the cup will get a VND15 million prize. — VNS

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Sights on Asian medal target

Shooting star: Dang Hong Ha shows her medals at the National Shooting Championship. Ha hopes to maintain her personal best record in the women's air mobile target rifle at Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on November 11-27. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong

Shooting star: Dang Hong Ha shows her medals at the National Shooting Championship. Ha hopes to maintain her personal best record in the women's air mobile target rifle at Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on November 11-27. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong

HA NOI — National key shooter Dang Hong Ha, 29, hopes to maintain her personal best record in the women's air mobile target rifle at Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on November 11-27.

The Hanoian shooter, who has been in the sport for a decade, is eager to repeat her achievement of winning an individual bronze, and a silver in the team event at Doha Asian Games four years ago.

She scored 368 points in the women's 10m air mobile target in the Doha Games to bag a silver to add to her 60-medal collection.

The 29-year-old shooter was awarded the Labour Order, Third Class, that year, after claiming the Asian Games silver.

Ha is proud that her individual record of 378 points at the National Shooting Championship has remained unbroken since 2004.

"It's a milestone since I joined the national squad in 2001. Although my younger national team-mates Nguyen Thuy Linh, 23, and Nguyen Thu Hang of the Army team, 26, have their eyes on the record, they still need more time. I think they'll break the record soon as they've rapidly progressed," Ha said.

Last week, the shooter took a cash-prize of VND500,000 (US$ 25) from Chinese coach Liu Ping as she scored 389 points from 40 shots during training, which she said was her best ever achievement.

"I rarely set records in competition. I just try to stabilise my scoring around 370 points because steadiness plays a key role for shooters."

At the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich, Germany in July, Ha scored 361 points to rank 13th.

"It was my poorest ever result. I couldn't explain why I shot so badly. The world event may be beyond my abilities," Ha confessed.

Doha Asian Games was a benchmark for Ha Noi-born markswoman as she had a daughter a year later, but her marriage ended after five years, with the couple divorcing early last year, and Ha returning to her parent's house with her three year-old daughter.

"I don't want to talk any more about that sad period. It's over. We separated when we no longer shared our life and love. My daughter is everything for me, behind training with rifle," she said.

The 20km road from home to the national sports training camp in Nhon Town seems shorter as she accompanies her team-mate Nguyen Thi Le Quyen.

The duo also won a team gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games in Laos last year, the medal that Ha cried over after the competition. She felt the achievement had washed away her sadness and overcame the pressure she had experienced to win gold.

Ha has been one of four Vietnamese shooters to have received special daily vitamin supplements of VND200,000 ($10) – three times as much as previously – from the Viet Nam Olympics Committee before the Asian Games kicking off in Guangzhou, China.

She said she tries to do everything she can to become a winner, but she needs a little luck and nerves of steel to turn her medal winning hopes into a reality in just over a month. — VNS

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

National squad take on Kuwait at Millennium Cup

The Viet Nam national team will meet Kuwait's U-23 team in the opening game of the Millennium Football Cup at 7pm at My Dinh National Stadium today.

At a press conference yesterday, team coach Henrique Calisto said the cup would be good preparation for Viet Nam before they defend the ASEAN Football Championship AFF-Suzuki Cup in December.

Meanwhile the Kuwait team were eager to get going and started training just three hours after a 30 hour flight on Saturday. The tournament will also be part of both teams' preparations for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, in November.

Kuwait's coach U-23 Al Semmari said his team would include 12 players who played in the Gulf Cup final against the United Arabs of Emirates last month.

Australia's U-23 team will also have a tough match against North Korea in today's early game.

HCM City to host record-breaking marathon football event

A record breaking nine hour footballing extravaganza will take place at HCM City's Military Zone 7 Stadium on October 10.

According to organisers, the HCM City Young Business Association, the event will see over 1,000 amateurs from 108 squads take part.

"There will be 54 matches of 10 minutes each," committee member Phan Xuan Truong said.

Olympic team beat Cambodia 2-0 in HCM City friendly

Viet Nam's Olympic football team beat Cambodia's 2-0 in a friendly at HCM City's Thanh Long Sports Centre on Saturday.

Van Thang scored from a free kick, while defender Huu Phuoc volleyed home from teammate Thanh Trung's corner .

Viet Nam will meet Cambodia at Thong Nhat Stadium in a rematch tomorrow.

SEA Games champion Long victorious at Ha Noi Open

Hanoian Nguyen Phuc Long edged Quoc Tuan of Hai Phong 9-8 in the men's singles final of the Ha Noi Pool-9 Open on Saturday.

Long, who won the gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games in Laos last year, pocketed prize money of VND16 million ($820).

Minh to be nation's sole badminton representative at Asian Games

Viet Nam will send top player Nguyen Tien Minh to compete in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November 11-27, the Viet Nam Badminton Federation announced.

Minh, who ranks eighth in the world, will face tough opponents in the battle for the men's singles title at the Asian Games.

The 25-year-old won the Australian Open Grand Prix, but failed to qualify for quarters-final in the World Badminton Championship in Paris last month. — VNS

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