NDO – Vietnamese top swimmer, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, won a gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke category for the first time at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia. >>> Fencer secures Vietnam seventh gold medal in Kuala Lumpur This is the first time “Little mermaid” Vien has won a gold in this event. Minutes earlier, she failed to get a positive result in the area of her strength, the women’s 200m butterfly category. The 100 m backstroke is not the strength of Vietnamese swimmers in the SEA Games. Singapore’s legendary Tao Li dominated the category in the last six SEA Games. Tao Li defeated Vien in both SEA Games 2011 and 2013. In SEA Games 2015, Vien did not even compete in the event as Tao Li was still there. The opportunity only came for Vien in Malaysia this year when Tao Li did not attend this category. The Vietnamese came in first with a time of 1:01.89, leaving second place Nurul Fajar … [Read more...] about Swimmer Anh Vien wins gold and breaks SEA Games record
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SEA Games: Women’s football team target gold, men final berth
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam set a target of winning a gold medal for women and a berth in the final for the men at the coming Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia. Viet Nam Football Federation Vice President Nguyen Xuan Gu announced the goals at a meet with journalists yesterday in Ha Noi. “Our women have won the SEA Games titles on several occasions. Viet Nam are one of strongest teams in the region so we would definitely want a gold medal again,” said Gu. “On the men’s side, we have never won a title despite all our efforts. However, this year a great job has been done. We have strongly supported the team with intensive practice courses, foreign coach, and fitness trainer and technical director, all you can see throughout recent years. We hope that would help to make our dream come true. And this year we want them to at least enter the final,” he said. VFF Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan also shared his ideas. He said the current team with Nguyen Cong … [Read more...] about SEA Games: Women’s football team target gold, men final berth
Vietnam loses “gold mines” at 28th SEA Games
VietNamNet Bridge - At the meeting of the Southeast Asia Sports Council held in Singapore on Monday, Singapore, the host country of the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), announced 36 sports events with 402 sets of medals. Of the 36 sports, 24 belong to the Olympic system and 34 belong to the 2014 Asian Games. They are as follows: water sports (swimming, diving, water polo), archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards & snooker, bowling, canoeing, cycling, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, handball, Pencak Silat, rugby, sailing, Sepak Takraw, shooting, softball, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, traditional boat race, triathlon, water skating and wushu, boxing, horse racing, floor ball, Petanque, rowing and volleyball. Notably, the host country cut down the sets of medals for wushu from 23 to 20 and rejected the women’s Taolu category from the competition. Wushu is considered Vietnam’s gold mine and this will surely affect … [Read more...] about Vietnam loses “gold mines” at 28th SEA Games
SEA Games 2015: Waiting for kick-off
The 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will officially kick off in Singapore on June 5. All necessary preparations have been completed thus far, promising to bring participating athletes and officials an exciting and successful SEA Games. This will be the first time in 22 years Singapore has been given the honour to host the region’s largest sporting event. Contrary to the practices of previous SEA Games editions, which were organised in early December (winter), the 28th SEA Games will take place from June 5 to 16 (summer). According to Lim Teck Yin, Chairman of the Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee, the time adjustment aims to prevent the 28th SEA Games from coinciding with other important events such as Singapore’s National Day and the F1 Singapore Grand Prix. Singapore slammed 50 gold medals when it last hosted the Games in 1993 – a record number of golds for the island country in the SEA Games competitions. At this year’s event, the host’s sports … [Read more...] about SEA Games 2015: Waiting for kick-off
SEA Games Highlights – December 21
Vietnam on Saturday beat its target of bringing home 70 gold medals at the last day of the 27th SEA Games Myanmar 2013 with seven more golds secured by its martial artists. At 6pm, Muay Thai martial artist Nguyen Thi Ngoc defeated her Myanmar’s rival at the women’s 60kg event, snatching the 73rd gold medal for Vietnam. This is also the last gold of the country, but it is more than enough for smashing the target set before the event. With 73 gold medals, 85 silvers and 86 bronzes, Vietnam finished third at the 27th edition of the Southeast Asia’s largest sporting event. Thailand surpassed host Myanmar to top the ally with a huge haul of 280 medals, including 106 golds, 94 silvers, and 80 bronzes. Myanmar came behind with 84 golds. The closing ceremony will take place tonight, 6:30pm local time, at the Nay Pyi Taw-based Wunna Theikdi sporting complex. The 28th SEA Games 2015 will be hosted by Singapore. Below are the last highlights of the event for the … [Read more...] about SEA Games Highlights – December 21