SEA Games 31: Vietnamese wushu athletes win two gold medals on first day
SEA Games 31: Vietnamese wushu athletes win two gold medals on first competing day
Vietnamese wushu athletes won two gold and two bronze medals in the first day of wushu taolu competitions at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 13.
Duong Thuy Vi wins a gold medal in the women’s jianshu event. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese wushu athletes won two gold and two bronze medals in the first day of wushu taolu competitions at theongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 13.
The two gold medalists are Pham Quoc Khanh in men’s nandaoevent, and Duong Thuy Vi in women’s jianshu.
Meanwhile, the two bronze medals came to Dang Tieu Binh inwomen’s jianshu and Nong Van Huu in men’s nandao.
Athlete Nguyen Van Phuong injured himself while competing in taijiquan event, whichforced him to leave the competition and seek medical support.
On May 13 morning, Malaysian athletes bagged two gold medals in taijiquan and changquanevents, and one silver medal in nandao event. Meanwhile, Singaporean athletesbrought home one silver and two bronze medals. Indonesia won two silver and one bronzemedals, while the Philippines got one silver medal.
On May 13 afternoon, wushu athletes compete in sanda 56kg,60kg, 65kg and 70kg events.
Wushu competitions will take place until May 15 with 21 events./.
The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association said aside from EJ Obiena - the biggest hope of the athletic team, it has also assembled a gem-studded roster out to grab their share of the spotlight at the ongoing SEA Games 31 in Vietnam.
While Singapore’s sports administrators did not set a medal target at the ongoing SEA Games 31 in Vietnam, their athletes are believed to have the potential to garner 45 gold medals.
SEA Games 31, which officially opened in Hanoi on May 12 night, will create a boost to economic and tourism recovery and development in Vietnam and ASEAN at large.
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The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
Duong Thuy Vi wins a gold medal in the women’s jianshu event. (Photo: VNA) 
