Vu Thi Anh Thu of Vietnam secured a gold medal in the Croatia Open badminton tournament on June 23 in Dubrovnik.
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Vu Thi Anh Thu of Vietnam (centre) on the top podium of the Croatia Open on June 23. |
It is the first international title for the 21-year-old, who is believed to be Vietnam's badminton future.
Jaymie Laurens and Sin Yan Happy Lo shared third place.
On the men's singles side, Nguyen Hai Dang took silver after losing 15-21, 21-16, 18-21 to Malaysian Hoh Justin in the 80-minute final.
Jason Gunawan of Hong Kong and Cholan Kayan of England took third.
Vietnam’s athletics took 22 gold medals at SEA Games 31, a new record in the number of golds obtained in an edition of the sporting event. Female athletes secured 14 golds, helping Vietnam retain the regional throne in the sport for the third consecutive Games.
(BGO)
- The National Amateur Dancing Festival 2022 co-hosted from June 1-5 by the
Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and
the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in An Giang province wrapped up on
June 5 in Long Xuyen city (An Giang province).
Vietnam has wrapped up their SEA Games 31 run at the top of the medal table with 205 golds. Thailand came second with 92 golds and Indonesia third with 69.
Vietnam narrowly defeated Thailand 1-0 in the final match at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on the evening of May 22 to take the gold medal in the 31st SEA Games men’s football event.
(BGO) – Returning to the
31st SEA Games with a new sport, Pham Tien San from Ngoc Thien commune, Tan Yen
district, Bac Giang province suddenly made the most glorious achievement of his
career with a gold medal in duathlon.
Source: NDO/VNA
