Nguyen Thi Anh Vien swiped up a bronze medal at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea.
Nguyen Thi Anh Vien swiped up a bronze medal at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) in
Ye's result is a new Games record.
Earlier in the morning, the 18-year-old Vien swam 4:47.71 to qualify for a berth in the final.
Vien earned
In other sports, Vietnamese athletes bagged three bronze medals.
Fencing quartet Nguyen Tien Nhat, Nguyen Phuoc Den, Pham Hung Duong and Truong Tran Nhat Minh failed in the men's team epee event when facing their host rival. They pocketed a bronze.
Tan Thi Ly lost 0-2 to
Earlier, Nguyen Thanh Tung finished third in the men's taolu taijijian and taijiquan all-round event with 19.24 points. Chen Zhouli of
His teammate Bui Truong Giang was better, as he promised to have at least a silver medal when he beat Soukaphone Khamla of
Badminton events will start today with Vietnamese players facing challenging early rounds.
National top player Nguyen Tien Minh, who is ranked 23rd in the world, receives a bye to begin from the second round where he faces Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand, who is number 14 in men's singles.
His teammate Pham Cao Cuong's first task seems easier – his opponent is U Leong Lek, who is not very well-known. But if he wins, a bigger obstacle, Srikanth Nammalwar of
In the women's draw, Vu Thi Trang will meet former world champion Intanon Ratchanok of
With one gold, two silver and eight bronze medals after four days of competitions, Viet Nam are in 10th place out of 45 participating delegations.
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