Vietnam win ASIAD bronze medals in taekwondo and wushu
VOV.VN - Local taekwondo fighter Bac Thi Khiem and wushu artist Duong Thuy Vi won bronze medals for Vietnam on September 27 at the ongoing 19th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Hangzhou, China.
The schedule saw Thi Khiem of the Thai ethnic minority face off against ASIAD 18 runner-up Kim Jandi of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the women’s 67kg event.
The first set saw the Vietnamese fighter earn seven points with three kicks to record a 7-2 win over her Korean rival.
In the second set, Khiem forced Kim Jandi to accept defeat with a score of 9-4 to make the semi-final round. However, the Vietnamese fighter suffered failure by being defeated by host athlete Song Jie, who had won a silver medal at the Grand Prix in France in August.
Previously, Khiem and her teammates Pham Ngoc Cham, Pham Minh Bao Kha, and Ly Hong Phuc earned a bronze medal in the mixed gender team’s event.
Elsewhere, Vietnamese wushu artist Duong Thuy Vi successfully grabbed a bronze medal overall with a total score of 19.426 in both Jianshu and Jianshu disciplines.
This marks the third ASIAD medal of the 30-year-old athlete's career. Previously, she won a gold medal in 2014 and a bronze medal in 2018.
