Vietnam ranks third after four days of competition at ASEAN Para Games
Vietnam brought home six more gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals on August 3, the 4th competition day of the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, lifting the total to 86, ranking third at the event.
Vietnam ranks third after four days of competition at ASEAN Para Games (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Vietnam brought home six more gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals on August 3, the 4th competition day of the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, lifting the total to 86, ranking third at the event.
In addition to eight silvers and four bronzes, the athletics team secured five moregolds on the day, bringing the total to 40 so far, just two golds away from the set target.
Powerlifter Nguyen Van Hung contributes one gold medal in the final of the men’s 72kg with a weight of 161 kg (Photo: VNA)
Powerlifter NguyenVan Hung contributed one gold medal in the final of the men’s 72kg with a weight of 161 kg. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thanh Xuanand Nguyen Van Phuc bagged one silver and one bronze in the final of the 59kg event.
With these results, the powerlifting team completed the set goal with five golds,three silvers and one bronzes.
Vietnamese swimmers alsohad an excellent day as they won four more gold medals at the 100m freestyle,butterfly and backstroke, and the men’s 4x100m medley relay event.
The table tennis squad earned three morebronze medals in the men's doubles TT5, men's doubles TT8, and mixed doublesTT9 categories.
The host Indonesia tops theranking with 87 gold medals, 66 silvers and 50 bronzes. Thailand comes secondwith 63 golds, 56 silvers and 39 bronzes.
Taking place from July 30 to August 6, the tournamentfeatures 14 sports with 907 competition events, and 1,286 athletes.
🔯 The Vietnamese delegation comprises 153 members, including120 athletes who will compete in eight sports, namely athletics, swimming,powerlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and archery. The country isstriving to be in the leading group of the Games, eyeing 35-40 gold medals./.
Vietnam secured 12 gold, nine silver, and 11 bronze medals as of 10pm on August 1, the first day it competed at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.
Vietnam’s swimming team earned five more gold medals at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia on August 2 morning, bringing their total to 11 so far.
Vietnam's powerlifter Le Van Cong on August 2 successfully defended his title again in the under 49kg category at the ongoing 11th Southeast Asian Paralympic Games (ASEAN Para Games) in Indonesia.
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Vietnam ranks third after four days of competition at ASEAN Para Games (Photo: VNA) 
Powerlifter Nguyen Van Hung contributes one gold medal in the final of the men’s 72kg with a weight of 161 kg (Photo: VNA) 
