Viet Nam grabbed one gold and one silver in the aerobics event at the Asian Indoor Games yesterday, November 3.
The Vietnamese partnership of Vu Ba Dong and Tran Thu Ha brought home gold in the mixed doubles in Hai Phong Gymnasium with a total of 20.875 points, leading the artistic and execution categories.
They defeated South Korea's Kyung Ho-lee and Yeonsun Park and Thailand's Nattawut Pimpa and Roypim Ngampeerapong, with 20.200 points and 20.125 points, respectively.
They triumphed at the 24th Southeast Asian Games' sport aerobics in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, two years ago.
Dong and Ha continued to co-ordinate with Nguyen Tien Phuong in the trio group to grab silver with total of 20.889 points behind China's trio who scored 21.250 points. The bronze medal went to South Korea's trio with 20 points.
In the men's singles, China's Xiaofeng Zhou beat eight contenders to take gold, with 20.500 points.
Runner-up was Jong Kun Song of South Korea with the same number of points overall, but less artistic points. Third was Nattawut Pimpa of Thailand with 20.100 points.
Vietnamese Tien Phuong gained second place in the qualifying round, but only managed fourth in the final.
Viet Nam also took another gold medal, this time in the men's 73kg kurash event thanks to the efforts of Nguyen Tuan Hoc.
In the other 66kg final of the men's kurash, Kazakhstan took a gold medal thanks to Meirzhan Kaltayev who defeated Peng-Yao Hsu of Chinese Taipei.
Orapa Senatham of Thailand was defeated by Olessya Kutsenko of Kazakhstan in the women's 57kg final.
Vietnamese athletes continued to shine yesterday when Pham Thi Van Anh beat Kim Eonkyung of South Korea to take another gold for Viet Nam in the women's single jujitsu&beltwrestling, 62kg final.
The northern port city's fans also had the chance to see the archery qualification round at Hai Phong Gymnasium yesterday.
In the men's compound, Reza Amaninejad of Iran led with 585 points, while Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Cuong came second with 580 points, and Reza's teammate Abdollah Kiaei was third with 575 points.
In the qualification round of the women's rucurve, South Korea's Jang Mi-yu led with 587 points, while Siyi Lu of China and Mi So-shim of South Korea were runners-up with 583 points and 582 points, respectively.
Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Kieu Trang was eliminated after ranking 12th out of 28 archers.
Viet Nam men's team beat Laos 2-0 while China beat Thailand 2-1 in the semi-finals of the shuttle cock event.
In the women's section, Viet Nam-defeated Chinese Macao 2-0 in the first semi-final, while China defeated Laos 2-0 in the second.
Viet Nam now has a total of 19 golds after four competition days in the medal tally.
Source: Viet Nam News
