HA NOI — Badminton player Pham Hoang Thang beat China's Tian Shiwei 21-19, 21-9 in the men's singles final to win gold at the Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China yesterday.
Earlier, Thang defeated Thailand's Meepian Subpong 2-1 in semi-final and Indian Dillashwar Rao 2-0 in quarter-final.
Wheelchair racer Nguyen Thanh Thao finished second in the women's 100m with a time in 20.16 seconds, two hundredth of a second faster than Chinese Zhou Hong Zhuan, who came third.
China's Hung Lisha won gold in 17.83sec.
Trinh Cong Luan, 38, took a silver in the men's shot-put with a 10.05m attempt in the cerebral palsy category yesterday.
Gold medal went to Iran's Bagheri Jeddi Jalil, who achieved a 10.89m put, while his team-mate Zqout Khamis came third.
Wheelchair badminton player Truong Ngoc Binh bagged a bronze medal after a 2-0 (21-12, 21-14) loss to Chan Ho Yuen from Hong Kong.
The 20-year-old Cao Ngoc Hung also ranked third for the bronze medal in the men's discuss yesterday.
On Tuesday, swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won a gold in the men's 50m freestyle. Viet Nam rank 11th in medal tally with two golds, two silvers and four bronzes after the third day of competition. — VNS
