SEA Games 32: Gold medals for Vietnam in ouk chaktrang, gymnastics hinh anh 1
Vietnamse female chess player Doan Thi Hong Nhung (left) and Fillipo player Shania Mae Garcia Mendoza. (Photo: VNA)

With this, the Vietnamese chess team has reached its target of two gold medals at the 32nd SEA Games.

Two players Nguyen Quang Trung and Phan Trong Binh also brought home another bronze medal in ouk chaktrang, in the men's doubles standard 60 minutes.

On May 9 afternoon, athlete Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien won a gold medal in gymnastics in the individual men's hand-cranked event, with 13.45 points.

Previously, Thien was also in the Vietnamese team to win the men's all-round team event.

This is the 33rd gold medal for Vietnam Sports at the 32nd SEA Games.  

Earlier the same day, Vietnam's Pencak Silat team bagged three bronze medals including Pham Tuan Anh (65-70kg category), Vu Van Kien (55-60kg category) and Nguyen The Vu (50-55kg category).

Quang Thi Thu Nghia also won a place in the women's finals of Pencak Silat in the 65-70kg weight category, after winning Singaporean Nurul Shuhaila in the semi-finals.

On the men's 400m run, Tran Nhat Hoang finished second, clocking 47:68 seconds. So, he will be present in the final on May 9 afternoon.

Tennis players Hoang Nam and Van Phuong defeated the duo from Indonesia, with a score of 2-1, to enter the final of the men's team event where they play against Thai players.

SEA Games 32: Gold medals for Vietnam in ouk chaktrang, gymnastics hinh anh 2
Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang came 3rd in the men's 200m freestyle swimming qualifier after two athletes from Thailand and Malaysia. (Photo: VNA)

Meanwhile, Nguyen Huy Hoang came 3rd in the men's 200m freestyle swimming qualifier after two athletes from Thailand and Malaysia. He will compete in the final round on May 9 night. Also in this discipline, another Vietnamese swimmer Ngo Dinh Chuan also book a berth in the final.

Vietnam earn one more Vovinam gold at SEA Games 32

Vietnamese Vovinam artists secured a gold medal in the women's multiple training event, where one person defends against three others with a weapon, at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 9 morning.

Lam Thi Thuy My, Le Toan Trung, Doan Hoang Tham and Lam Tri Linh earned the first place with a total score of 272. Hosts Cambodia and Indonesia came in second and third, respectively.

Meanwhile, their teammates Lam Thi Loi and Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai won a silver medal in the women's pair sword event, with a total score of 267, three points lower than Cambodia which won the gold medal.

Concluding the third competition day of the Games on May 8, Vietnam ranked second in the medal table with 30 gold, 28 silver, and 36 bronze medals. Cambodia topped the tally with 37 golds.

Source: VNA