Vietnamese wrestlers have earned a total of 9 gold medals from competitions in Myanmar over the past few days, one more gold medal than the set target.

Both Can Tat Du (74kg) and Vu Thi Hang (48kg) overwhelmed their Thai rivals, carrying off two gold medals for Vietnam’s wrestling team on December 13.

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan (56kg) set up a new SEA Games record after lifting a total of 285kg. The 19-year-old succeeded in his first 129kg attempt and managed to lift 156kg in another attempt.

19-year-old Thach Kim Tuan set up a new SEA Games record

Badminton hopeful Nguyen Tien Minh conceded a bitter defeat in a semi-final match against Indonesian rival Rumbaka Dionysius Hayom.

Easily outplaying Rumbaka 21-13 in the first set, Minh lost 12-21 in the second set, and 20-22 in the decisive set to the Indonesian player.

Karatedo artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan defeated Syafrudin Yulianti of Indonesia, bagging a gold medal in the women’s Kate 68kg weight category.  

Another Vietnamese Karatedo artist Lang Thi Hoa knocked out Pertiwi Wiwi of Indonesia in the women’s Kumite 68kg weight category.

The first gold medal of the day went to Hoang Xuan Vinh, Tran Quoc Cuong, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong in the men's 50m Free Pistol Team.

By 07.00pm Vietnam has won 22 gold medals, ranking it second on the medal tally, after hosts Myanmar with 26 gold medals.

Indonesia replaced Thailand to second place with 20 gold medals.

Tien Minh says farewell to SEA Games 2013

Vietnam’s best male badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has unexpectedly lost to Indonesian rival Rumbaka in their December 13 semifinal at the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

Minh won the opening set 21-13 but Rumbaka bounced back to take the second 21-12.

At one point Minh led the third set 20-16. Repeated mistakes eventually cost him the set 22-20 and erased any hopes of a gold medal this year..

The Vietnamese badminton team will return home on December 14.

Illness, injury shrinking Viet Nam football team

Viet Nam may not have midfielder Pham Manh Hung in their next SEA Games match against Laos.

Hung injured his right calf during a match against Singapore on Tuesday. He has been under intensive care for three days, but doctors said if he does not improve today, he could not play on Sunday.

It is expected that Que Ngoc Hai will replace him in the line-up.

Another loss for the team was right defender Quang Hung, who reportedly is suffering from a high temperature and flu, which prevented him from training yesterday.

Hung is one of the key members of the team, according to coaches. His absence would create a hole in Viet Nam's defence, although defender Dinh Hoang is being asked to take over for Hung.

Viet Nam, after one win and one loss, has three points and ranks second in Group A. 

Source: VOV/VNA/VNS