Viet Nam won two more bronze medals in the women's boxing event at the ongoing Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea yesterday.

Le Thi Bang lost to Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte of India 0-3 in the women's flyweight (48-51kg) semi-final to take the bronze medal.

In the women's lightweight (57-60kg) semi-final, Luu Thi Duyen quickly lost to Chinese player Yin Junhua 3-0.

Taekwondo martial artists also played unsuccessfully yesterday. Three players were ousted from the qualifying round. Nguyen Trong Cuong and Duong Thanh Tam were defeated by competitors from South Korea and Iran, respectively. Veteran Doan Thi Huong Giang also lost to Levita Ronna of Laos 1-3.

Nguyen Thanh Thao lost to Chinese Taipei's Huang Yun Wen 13-5 in the quarter-finals.

Vietnamese runner Vu Thi Huong secured a place in the women's 200m final yesterday.

Running in Heat 3, Huong, known as the sprinting queen of Southeast Asia, finished in third place and qualified for the final based on her time.

Apart from the second final in ASIAD, Huong, 28, also scored her season's best with a time of 23.57 seconds.

In the final race, to be held today, Huong will face rivals from Kazakhstan, Iran, Japan, China and Sri Lanka.

Japanese Chisato Fukushima is the defending champion, while Huong is the silver medallist.

Huong failed to protect her third-place position in the 100m race on Sunday, ranking fifth in the final.

After 11 days, Viet Nam won 32 medals to rank 20th out of 33 nations.

Vietnam win silver medals in women's cycling, long jump

Viet Nam won two more silver medals from cyclist Nguyen Thi That and long jumper Bui Thi Thu Thao at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea yesterday.

That surprised Vietnamese fans when she won the silver medal in the women's road race at the Songdo Road Cycling Course because Viet Nam was not known to be strong in cycling.

Jutatip Maneephan of Thailand won the gold medal while Hsiao Mei Yu of Chinese Taipei won the bronze. Nguyen Phan Ngoc Trang, the only other Vietnamese female cyclist in the event, placed 15th.

Meanwile, Thao won the silver medal in the finals of the women's long jump with a personal best of 6.44m after six attempts. Londa Natalia of India took the gold medal with 6.55m while Jiang Yanfei of China took the bronze with 6.34m.

In the men's 1,500m event, Duong Van Thai placed eighth with a time of 3:50.50.

After 10 days of competition, Viet Nam ranked 18th in the medal tally with one gold, nine silver and 20 bronze medals. China maintained the top spot with 112 gold medals, followed by South Korea with 44 and Japan with 35. 

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