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| Vietnam's Vu van Huyen celebrates winning his men's 100m decathlon heat at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province on Wednesday - Photo: Reuters |
HCMC – Vietnamese athletes brought home two more silvers on the 12th day of competition at the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Guangzhou, China. The track and field team showed their excellent performance when Vu Thi Huong and Truong Thanh Hang qualified for the finals in the women’s 200m and 800m events respectively.
Vietnam’s last hopes for taking a gold medal at the Games failed when karate athlete Vu Thi Nguyet Anh and the women’s sepaktakraw team, who were expected to change the color of the medals for the Vietnamese sport delegation, missed the final games.
Anh, who won the gold medal at the 15th Games in Doha, Qatar four years ago, defeated Jang So Young from South Korea 2-0 in the semifinals of the women’s kumite under 50kg category. However, the Vietnamese athlete was 0-2 beaten by Li Hong from host China in the final game.
Nguyen Hoang Hiep exited from the men’s kumite under 55kg category after losing 0-2 to Hsieh Cheng Kang from Chinese Taipei earlier in the day.
The women’s sepaktakraw team comprising Nguyen Hai Thao, Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy and Luu Thi Thanh failed to defend their champions at the Games in the women’s regu event after losing to archrivals Thailand 1-2 in the finals on Wednesday. Earlier, the Vietnamese team received the bronze in the women’s team event as they suffered a 0-2 loss to Thais in the semifinals.
The Vietnamese were 15-21 defeated by the Thais in the first set but they bounced back to win the Thai players in the second set 21-14. The Thais took the match in a deciding tie-break 15-11, to win 2 sets to 1, taking the gold medal.
Sprinter Vu Thu Huong, who gained the bronze medal in the women’s 100m category on Monday, reached the final round of the women’s 200m category when she finished first in her group of the qualifying round with 24.05 seconds. Takahashi Momoko from Japan also qualified for the final round with 24.13 seconds.
Truong Thanh Hang secured the final’s ticket in the women’s 800m category as she came second in her group of the qualifying round with 2:03.28 minutes while Matsko Margarita from Kazakhstan was clocked in 2:03.28 minutes, also grasping the final’s ticket.
Meanwhile, Vu Van Huyen, another hopeful of Vietnam, had a good debut when he ended five categories of the men’s decathlon event with 4,002 points, currently ranking fourth in the ranking table.
Karpov Dmitriy from Kazakhstan, who held Asian decathlon record, collected 4,245 points followed by Kim Kun Woo from South Korea with 4,021 points and Alquraya Mohammed Jassim M from Saudi Arabia with the same points as the Vietnamese athlete.
Huyen finished first in the men’s 100m category with 10.76 seconds and second in the men’s 400m category with 48.93 seconds. on Thursday, the athletes will be competing in five remaining categories of the men’s decathlon event.
Nguyen Dinh Cuong exited from the men’s 800m competition after coming last in the qualifying round. Earlier, Cuong also failed to qualify for the final round after crossing last in the men’s 1500m category.
In archery, Hoang Ngoc Nhat had a 4-2 win over Salem All Ahmed from Qatar before 0-4 loss to Kim Woojin from South Korea in the men’s individual category while his teammate Dao Trong Kien was 1-5 knocked out by Rai Tarundeep from India in the same category.
With two silvers on the 12th day of competition, the Vietnamese sport delegation is still in 26th position in the medal tally with 14 silver and 12 bronze medals.
China is in the lead with 173 golds, 93 silvers and 86 bronzes, followed by South Korea with 71 golds, 59 silvers and 81 bronzes and Japan with 36 golds, 66 silvers and 74 bronzes.
Medals Standings (at 10:00 p.m. Vietnamese time)
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1
| 173 | 93 | 86 | 352 |
2 South Korea | 71 | 59 | 81 | 211 |
3 Japan | 36 | 66 | 74 | 176 |
4 Iran | 16 | 10 | 19 | 45 |
5 Chinese Taipei | 12 | 12 | 33 | 57 |
6 Thailand | 9 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
7 Hong Kong | 8 | 14 | 15 | 37 |
8 Malaysia | 8 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
9 Kazakhstan | 7 | 14 | 31 | 52 |
10 India | 7 | 13 | 26 | 46 |
26 Vietnam | 0 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
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