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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Vietnamese athletes bag two more silvers at ASIAD

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

Friday, November 26, 2010

Vu Thi Huong makes history in ASIAD with bronze medal

Japan's Momoko Takahashi (R), Vietnam's Vu Thi Huong (C) and Uzbekistan's Guzel Khubbieva run their women's 100m final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province on Monday - Photo: Reuters

HCMC – Vietnam’s sprinter Vu Thi Huong won the bronze medal in the women’s 100m category of the track and field event at the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Guangzhou, China on Monday.

It was the country’s first medal in track and field competition since Vietnam began participating in Asia’s biggest sporting event in Seoul in 1986.

Asian champion Fukushima Chisato from Japan secured the gold with 11’’33 while Khubbieva Guzel from Uzbekistan took the silver as she finished with 11’’34.

Vu Thi Huong, who earned a gold medal in the women’s 60m category at Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam this year, and her teammate Le Ngoc Phuong reached the final round. However, Huong claimed the bronze as she was clocked in 11’’43. Phuong just crossed line at the bottom with 11’’76.

Earlier, Vu Thi Huong came first in group 1 of the semifinal round with 11’’46 at the 100 meter event while Le Ngoc Phuong just finished fifth in group 2 in the same category.

In boxing event, Vietnamese fighters exited from the competition when Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai was 3-9 knocked out by Shinmoto Aya from Japan in the quarterfinals of the women’s under 51kg category and Ngo Thi Chung was 1-10 beaten by Yun Kum Ju from North Korea in the quarterfinals of the women’s under 60kg category.

Vietnamese women’s sepaktakraw team had an 21-19, 23-21 victory over Myanmar in the women’s regu event on Monday. The Vietnamese side will meet hosts China on Tuesday before facing archrivals Thailand in the round-robin competition.

The Vietnamese team comprising Dao Trong Kien, Hoang Ngoc Nhat and Vu Van Dung suffered a 199-226 loss to Japanese team in the men’s archery event while Le Thi Bich, Nguyen Thi Nguyet and Nguyen Thi Tuoi lost 22-45 to Japanese fencers in the women’s team foil category of the fencing event.

In men’s individual road race, rider Bui Minh Thuy failed to clinch the medal when he completed the 180-kilometer stage in four hours, 14 minutes and 55.15 seconds, ranking at fifth place while his compatriot Mai Nguyen Hung did not complete his competition.

Wong Kam Po from Hong Kong bagged the gold with 4:14:54.18, Miyazawa Takashi from Japan gained the silver with 4:14:54.33 and Chinese rider Zou Rongxi took the bronze with 4:14:54.96.

Vietnam took one more bronze medal in the tenth competition day, dropping to 25th in the ranking table with 11 silvers and 12 bronzes.

China still leads with 154 golds, 77 silvers and 73 bronzes, followed by South Korea with 61 golds, 51 silvers and 66 bronzes and Japan with 32 golds, 59 silvers and 67 bronzes.