Vietnamese karate athlete Nguyen Thi Dieu Ly won a gold medal at the 2022 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships Saturday.
Nguyen Thi Dieu Ly beat Morocco's Nejma Imitik 2-0 in the finals of the Junior Kumite Female - 53 kg category. She'd beaten opponents from El Salvador, Germany, Slovakia and Algeria to reach the finals.
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Nguyen Thi Dieu Ly receives a gold medal at the 2022 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships in Konya, Turkey, October 29, 2022. |
Ly's gold medal is the first that Vietnam has won at the championship's junior kumite category.
Before Ly, Nguyen Phuong Thao reached the finals of the junior female - 48 kg category, but lost to Egypt's Aly Ganna 0-8 - and brought home a silver medal.
The 2022 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships is being held in Konya, Turkey. A total of 1,861 athletes from 105 countries and territories are participating in the event.
Source: VnExpress