Vietnam wins first ASIAD medal

Vietnamese wushu artist Nguyen Manh Quyen snagged the first medal for
Vietnam on Nov. 14, the second day of the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD)
which is taking place in Guangzhou , China .

Quyen performed excellently and scored 9.69 points in both Daoshu and
Gunshu events to win a bronze medal with a total of 19.38 points, behind
gold medal winner Jia Rui from Macau and silver medalist Lee Jong-chan
from the Republic of Korea .

Winning a medal was a surprise for Quyen, who is participating in the Asian Games for the first time.

Also on the second day of the competition, Nguyen Phuc Long won his Indonesian rival in the eight-ball billiard.

In
Judo, Nguyen Thi Ly lost her Kazakhstan rival in the women’s 70kg
category, while Le Khac Nhan lost his Japanese artist in the men’s 81kg.

The
shooting team ranked fifth among participating teams, while the female
football team played the first match at the games, loosing 1-6 against
the girls from the Republic of Korea . The Vietnamese girls were
scheduled to play against the host China on Nov. 16./.

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Vietnam wins silvers at world Karate Championship

Vietnam walked away with two silver medals from the 20th World Senior
Karate Championship which closed in Belgrade , Serbia , on Oct.
31.

Despite high expectations, national No 1 kata (performance) artist
Nguyen Hoang Ngan lost 0-5 to Yohana Sanchez of Venezuela in the
women's kata final.

After her 3-2 win over five-time
world champion Rika Usami of Japan in Oct. 28's semi-finals, Ngan was
widely expected to take the title since Usami was said to be the
strongest contender in the event.

However, all
predictions proved to be wrong when Sanchez, whose personal best was
third place at the world championship in 2004, defeated Ngan for her
first ever world title.

Ngan knew that silver was not her personal best, as she had previously grabbed many gold medals in high-ranked tournaments.

Usami and Croatian Mirna Senjug shared third place.

Earlier Ngan and her teammates Nguyen Thanh Hang and Do Thi Thu Ha
were ousted 0-5 by Japanese trio Inoue Kazuyo, Kimura Yoko and Sakai
Fumi in the team event

The teams from Italy and Spain took the bronze medals.

Vietnam 's only male competitor at the championship was Nguyen
Ngoc Thanh who was knocked out in the second round in the under-67kg
category.

The next event for the Vietnamese athletes will be the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou , China , next month.

Ngan and her teammates are shouldering a heavy burden to bring home a
gold medal for Vietnam . As a whole, the country expects to pocket at
least six golds in the continent's biggest sport festival./.

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