Thursday, October 23, 2008

Martial artist grabs another gold at beach games

Martial artist Le Thi Phi Nga won a gold medal for Vietnam at the first Asian Beach Games’ pencak silat event on Oct. 22 in Bali, Indonesia.Nga defeated Malaysian Rima Jordana Haji Adnan in the women’s tanding (combat) class A final to stand on the highest podium.Nga’s gold was the second for Vietnam; the first went to body-builder Nguyen Van Lam, who won in the men’s 65kg category on Oct. 20.Also on Oct. 22, Vu Thi Thao added a silver medal to Vietnam’s collection after her tunggal (individual performance) event. Thao performed well but not enough to win judges’ hearts, earnings 752 points.Vietnam earned silver on Oct. 22 in men’s ganda (double performance) event. The host pair took the gold.In beach volleyball, Vietnamese duo Tran Ngoc Cao Son and Nguyen Minh Thien grabbed a berth in the 16 th and final round of the men’s category.Later, Vietnamese team Nguyen Trong Quoc and Nguyen Thanh Vinh beat Abbas and Khan from Pakistan 21-15, 25-23 to enter the next round.After four days, Vietnam were in third place overall with two golds, five silvers and two bronzes.Host Indonesia was on top with 15 golds, five silvers and 10 bronze medals. They left runner-up Thailand in the dust with only four gold, six silver and four bronze medals.
(Source: VNA)

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