2 Taekwondo artists from Binh Thuan made contributions to gold medals at the 31st SEA Games

Sports - Ngày đăng : 13:08, 19/05/2022

BTO- May 16 is considered as a successful day of Binh Thuan’s athletes at the 31st SEA Games, after two golden girls of Binh Thuan Nguyen Thi Le Kim and Nguyen Thi Kim Ha together with other members of the national Taekwondo squad excellently performed winning 2 gold medals for Vietnam.

*Nguyen Thi Le Kim (right) with her teammate at the podium*

Particularly, the first gold was made from the mixed freestyle poomsae, with 5 artists comprising Hua Van Huy, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy, Tran Dang Khoa, Nguyen Thi Le Kim and Chau Tuyet Van. Another gold came from women’s team recognized poomsae category, with the presense of Nguyen Thi Kim Ha, Nguyen Thi Thuy Dung and Nguyen Thi Hong Trang. The results have been seen as the best ever performance of Binh Thuan’s athletes at SEA Games tournaments over the past time.

Earlier, kurash athlete Phan Truc Phi from Binh Thuan won a silver medal for Vietnam sports team. This has been the first medal of Phan Truc Thi since he joined the national kurash team for the 31^st SEA Games, and the best achievement in his sports career.

Reportedly, Binh Thuan has sent 4 athletes, coaches and referees to the 31^st SEA Games.

Translated by Phuong Lan