Swimming records fall

HA NOI – The sixth National Sport Games saw 13 national swimming records set on Sunday on the second day of competition in the central city of Da Nang.

Among the record breakers was teenager Hoang Quy Phuoc, who smashed his own men's 100m record set at the National Swimming Championship last month by nearly two seconds with a time of 50.92sec. Phuoc was also part of the record breaking 4x200m freestyle team.

"These records will motivate me to try my best in training and compete for better results in the future," Phuoc said, with a smile.

Olympian Nguyen Huu Viet also broke his own record in the men's 50m breaststroke, with a time of 28.39sec, over half a second faster than the one he set three months ago.

Other records were set in the men's 200m breaststroke and 400m medley events.

On the women's side, Duong Thi Thom of Quang Ninh Province broke the 200m breaststroke record with a time of 2.21:22. Earlier, Quang Binh Province's Pham Thi Hue triumphed in the 50m breaststroke setting a new record of 32.46. HCM City-born Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen, who was the youngest Vietnamese swimmer to compete at Guangzhou's Asian Games, marked her presence with a gold medal and a record in the 200m medley.

HCM City are leading the swimming medal tally with three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Da Nang are in second position, having won two golds, two silvers and one bronze. Quang Binh are third with one gold, one silver and one bronze. – VNS

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Vietnam wins last bronze at ASIAD 16

Vietnam won another bronze medal on Nov. 26, closing the 16th Asian
Games (ASIAD) with one gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals, ranking
23rd in the medal tally after 13 days of competition in Guangzhou,
China.

The bronze was earned by chess players Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Pham Thi Thao
Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Thanh An, Nguyen Thi Mai Huong and Nguyen Thi Tuong
Van in the women’s team event.

The same day, karate
martial artist Nguyen Minh Phung triumphed over his rivals from
Tajikistan and Qatar in the men’s 75kg category. However, he lost 0-1 to
China and 3-4 to Kim Do Won from the Republic of Korea in the battle
for the bronze medal.

Meanwhile, female karate
martial artist Bui Thi Trieu won 6-0 over Nepal in the 61kg category in
the first round of eight, but lost to her Uzbekistan opponent in the
next round.

Wrestlers Luong Thi Quyen and Pham Thi
Hue in the women’s 63kg and 55kg category, respectively, performed
unsuccessfully in the first round of eight. Wrestler Tran Thi Hoa also
failed to win a bronze after losing to rival Manyurova Guzel from
Kazakhstan in the women’s 72kg category.

The majority of medals belonged to China with 192 gold, 113 silver and 96 bronze, followed by the Republic of Korea and Japan./.

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HCM City wins Vovinam title at National Games VI

HCM City's experienced martial artists claimed the top position at the Vovinam Championship with 12 gold, two silver and four bronze medals.

Host team Can Tho came in second with six golds, three silvers and three bronzes while the third place went to the Army team with four golds, one silver and one bronze.

Other teams like People's Public Security, Binh Duong and Ha Noi also did well winning a clutch of medals including gold.

The medals will go towards the teams' tally at the 6th National Sports Games to be held in Da Nang in December.

The Vovinam competition took place at Can Tho Gymnasium with the participation of 267 martial artists (82 women) from 26 provinces and cities across the country.

They competed for 20 sets of medals in the combat category and 18 sets of medals in performance category.

Viet Nam dominates regional Judo tourney

Vietnamese Judoists won 13 gold and two silver medals to dominate the Southeast Asian Judo Championship that wrapped up in HCM City's Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium.

This is the second time Viet Nam dominated the tournament. At last year's tournament in Laos, Viet Nam easily claimed the top position with 11 gold, four silver medals and one bronze medal.

Laos came in second with two gold, five silver and five bronze medals and followed by Thailand with four silver and bronze medals.

The one-day tournament has seven participating countries, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the host team Viet Nam. At least 100 athletes will compete for 15 sets of medals.

Athletes will have a training trip at Nanjing, China next month before competing at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou in November. — VNS

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Vietnam 42nd at first Youth Olympics

Vietnam was in the 42^nd spot as the first Youth Olympics Games in Singapore closed on Thursday, August 26.

A total of 98 international squads participated in the 12-day tournament.

Thirteen Vietnamese athletes took part in seven of 26 competitions at the event which attracted some 5,000 athletes aged 14-17 from around the world.

The Vietnamese athletes won a gold medal in the men’s 56kg weightlifting contest, a silver in the women’s 55kg taekwondo category and two bronze medals in the men’s 55kg taekwondo category and women singles’ badminton event.

China finished on top with 30 gold, 16 silver, and five bronze medals, followed by Russia with 19 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals and South Korea in third with 11 gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

The USA finished thirteenth with four gold, nine silver and nine bronze medals while hosts Singapore came in 62^nd place with two silver and four bronze medals.

Thailand topped the Southeast Asian region with four gold and three silver medals, finishing in the 14^th position.

Malaysia finished 65^th with two silver medals while Indonesia was in 84^th place with just one bronze medal.

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Vietnam 42nd at first Youth Olympics

Vietnam was in the 42^nd spot as the first Youth Olympics Games in Singapore closed on Thursday, August 26.

A total of 98 international squads participated in the 12-day tournament.

Thirteen Vietnamese athletes took part in seven of 26 competitions at the event which attracted some 5,000 athletes aged 14-17 from around the world.

The Vietnamese athletes won a gold medal in the men’s 56kg weightlifting contest, a silver in the women’s 55kg taekwondo category and two bronze medals in the men’s 55kg taekwondo category and women singles’ badminton event.

China finished on top with 30 gold, 16 silver, and five bronze medals, followed by Russia with 19 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals and South Korea in third with 11 gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

The USA finished thirteenth with four gold, nine silver and nine bronze medals while hosts Singapore came in 62^nd place with two silver and four bronze medals.

Thailand topped the Southeast Asian region with four gold and three silver medals, finishing in the 14^th position.

Malaysia finished 65^th with two silver medals while Indonesia was in 84^th place with just one bronze medal.

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Vietnam 42nd at first Youth Olympics

Vietnam was in the 42^nd spot as the first Youth Olympics Games in Singapore closed on Thursday, August 26.

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Thirteen Vietnamese athletes took part in seven of 26 competitions at the event which attracted some 5,000 athletes aged 14-17 from around the world.

The Vietnamese athletes won a gold medal in the men’s 56kg weightlifting contest, a silver in the women’s 55kg taekwondo category and two bronze medals in the men’s 55kg taekwondo category and women singles’ badminton event.

China finished on top with 30 gold, 16 silver, and five bronze medals, followed by Russia with 19 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals and South Korea in third with 11 gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

The USA finished thirteenth with four gold, nine silver and nine bronze medals while hosts Singapore came in 62^nd place with two silver and four bronze medals.

Thailand topped the Southeast Asian region with four gold and three silver medals, finishing in the 14^th position.

Malaysia finished 65^th with two silver medals while Indonesia was in 84^th place with just one bronze medal.

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Thao wins Youth Olympics taekwondo silver

Taekwondo martial artist Nguyen Thanh Thao won silver in the girls’ 55kg category at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, losing to Briton Jones Jade on Tuesday.

The 17-year-old martial artist from Wales led three to one after the first round of the final contest, but Thao, also 17, fought back to draw level after the second round.

Jones led 6-4 early in the third round but Thao restored parity again at 6-6 before the end of the round.

In the sudden-death play-off, Jones landed a kick to Thao’s head to get three points and win Britain’s first gold medal at the August 14-26 event.

Earlier, weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan snatched the gold medal in the men’s 56kg category and taekwondo martial artist Nguyen Quoc Cuong grabbed the bronze medal in the men’s 55kg competition.

After three days, China leads the Youth Olympics with a medal haul of five golds, three silvers and one bronze, followed by Azerbaijan with five golds and one silver medal. In third place is Russia with four gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

Italy is in fourth place with three gold, three silver and one bronze medal, while South Korea has the fifth spot with three gold, one silver and one bronze.

Vietnam is in 14th place with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

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