Can Tho hosts student volleyball tourney

The final round of the 2012 Toyota National Student Volleyball Tournament will be held in Can Tho University’s sports hall from October 20-26.

Twenty four male and female teams, that successfully advanced through qualifying rounds organised in Hanoi, Haiphong, Thai Binh, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho, will compete for this year’s titles.

They will be divided into eight groups to play in a round-robin format and to select groupwinners and runners-up for the quarter-finals.

Prizes for the first, second, and third placed teams in both the men’s and women’s events are worth VND30 million, VND20 million, and VND10 million respectively.

Toyota Motor Vietnam will donate VND50 million to the universities of the winning teams and VND30 million to those of the runners-up as a way of helping the development of Vietnamese sports.

A contest entitled “Cheerleading with Toyota Volleyball” will be run in conjunction with the tournament’s final round. It aims to foster a friendly, healthy environment among students.

16 teams will participate in the contest, with each team performing once. The performances include ancient collective exercises that will be assessed in terms of timing, structure, and performance art skill.

The performances will conclude with mass cheering involving the attending fans themselves, celebrating their enthusiasm and the sporting spirit.

Huong makes it triple gold glory after storming 200m race

VietNamNet Bridge – Sprint queen Vu Thi Huong marked her injury comeback by winning her third gold medal at the National Athletics Championships which closed in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

Huong of An Giang Province finished first in the women's 200m event in a time of 23.32sec, ahead of Nguyen Thi Thuy from Ha Noi and Nguyen Thi Huyen of Nam Dinh Province.

Huong suffered an injury that prevented her from defending her titles at the SEA Games last year in Indonesia.

Her time at the national tournament was faster than Chisato Fukushima of Japan who won the 2010 Asian Games gold, and only two per cent slower than the Olympic B standard.

Huong's two previous golds were in the 100m and 4x200m events.

The HCM City team won their first gold in the women's triple jump with a leap of 13.09m by Tran Hue Hoa.

Nguyen Thi Thu Cuc of Can Tho City won the women's heptathlon, and Lang Son Province's Nguyen Thi Thao triumphed in the women's 1,500m, while the men's title went to Duong Van Thai of Nam Dinh.

The Army team did not add any golds on the last day of the tournament, but eight was enough for them to top the overall medal tally.

Host Ha Noi were second with six golds and Nam Dinh finished third with four.

Ha Noi triumph over rivals HCMC in men's national handball final

Ha Noi have beat HCM City in the final of the men's National Handball Championships in the central city of Hue.
In the women's event, HCM City beat Binh Dinh to take gold.

The event attracted nearly 150 athletes from across the country.

The annual tournament is part of the official competition system designed by the National Sports Administration to assess handball players.

The top players will be selected for the national team to take part in regional and international events.

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