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NDO – Nguyen Duy Tien and Nguyen Van Tri completed a hattrick of gold medals for Vietnam’s Pencak Silat team after both winning the men’s 80kg and 90kg final matches, respectively, on the afternoon of August 29. >>> SEA Games 2017: First gold medal for Vietnamese pencak silat Inspired by the victory of female teammate Pham Thi Tuoi, in the women’s 45-50kg category earlier in the morning, Tien and Tri managed to beat their Singaporean opponents with the same score line of 5-0, thereby adding two more golds to Vietnam’s SEA Games medal tally. In the remaining four Pencak Silat final clashes, the Vietnamese competitors, namely Nguyen Thai Linh, Pham Tuan Anh, Tran Dinh Nam and Le Si Kien, did not manage to bring home the fourth title in the sport for Vietnam, having to settle for silver medals in the men’s 60kg, 70kg, 75kg and 85kg weight classes, respectively. Taekwondo artist Nguyen Van Duy failed … [Read more...] about SEA Games 2017: Vietnam wins two additional titles in Pencak Silat

NDO – Pham Thi Tuoi secured the first gold medal for the Vietnamese Pencak Silat team at the ongoing 29th SEA Games, after easily overcoming her Singaporean opponent, Atiq Syazwani Binte Roslan, with a score of 5-0 in the women’s 45-50kg final match this morning (August 29). >>> SEA Games 29: Weightlifters win more gold medals On the second last day of competition, the Pencak Silat fighters are expected to create a “gold medal storm” for Vietnam as they will participate in nine final clashes, in both the demonstration and combat categories. However, alongside the exceptional performance by Pham Thi Tuoi, other Vietnamese representatives, including Nguyen Dinh Tuan and Tran Thi Them, could not overcome their opponents in their final matches and had to both settle for two silver medals. Dinh Tuan lost 0-5 to Malaysia’s Faizul Nasir, in the men’s 50-55kg discipline, while Tran Thi Them fell to a 1-4 defeat at the hands of the … [Read more...] about SEA Games 2017: First gold medal for Vietnamese pencak silat

NDO – The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games officially kicked off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 19, following a colourful opening ceremony held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, which impressed everyone in attendance with a stunning light show and dazzling firework displays. The ceremony began with the procession of the flags of the 11 participating countries, followed by a parade of contingents and athletes as well as the raising of the SEA Games Federation and the KL2017 flags. President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia, Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Ja'afar, and Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, delivered their welcoming address. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V, then declared the Games officially open, followed by an oath-taking ceremony read by Malaysia’s national high jumper Nauraj Singh Randhawa. The 29th edition of the Games, which runs from August 19 to 30, brings … [Read more...] about SEA Games 2017 officially opens in Kuala Lumpur