Nghe An delegation won silver medal in women's 4x400m relay

* On the second day of Athletics competition, in the women's 4x400m relay, the Hanoi team excellently won the gold medal.Silver medal belongs to Nghe An team, Bronze medal belongs to Ba Ria - Vung Tau team.

* 4th competition day for Boxing and Volleyball

On the morning of December 10, 2014, at Tran Quoc Toan Gymnasium (Nam Dinh City), the Organizing Committee of the 7th National Sports Festival 2014 held the opening ceremony of the Traditional Martial Arts Competition. There were 258 athletes from 35 delegations nationwide. The athletes competed in 2 categories: combat and boxing, with 26 sets of medals. In which, the men's combat competition had the following weight categories: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 68kg, 72kg, 76kg; the women's combat competition had the following weight categories: 45kg, 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg. Our province's sports delegation has 4 athletes: Lam Xuan Bach, Pham Van Hieu, Nguyen Tan Van, Ha Trong Hoang Phi will compete in the 51kg, 54kg, 57kg and 72kg men's combat events. According to the competition schedule of the Organizing Committee, on December 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 2014, the athletes will compete in the qualifying round, semi-finals, and finals of the weight categories for men and women. On December 12, 2014, they will compete in the form events. On the afternoon of December 15, 2014, medals will be awarded to the athletes and winning teams of Traditional Martial Arts.

The match between athlete Lam Xuan Bach, Nam Dinh (red) and athlete Pham Huu Huynh, Thanh Hoa (blue) in the qualifying round of the men's 51kg category of Traditional Martial Arts. Photo: Van Huynh

On December 10, 2014, Athletics entered the second day of competition with 26 events. In the men's discus throw final, athlete Tran Minh Tuan (Vinh Long) continued to excel in winning his second gold medal, silver medal went to athlete Nguyen Khac Huy (Da Nang), bronze medal went to athlete Dinh Duc Thien (Hanoi). In the women's high jump, athlete Pham Ngoc Diem (Ben Tre) won gold medal; silver medal went to athlete Duong Thi Viet Anh (Bac Lieu); bronze medal went to athlete Nguyen Thi Quynh (Hai Phong). In the women's long jump, athlete Bui Thi Thu Thao (Hanoi) excelled in winning gold medal, silver medal went to athlete Nguyen Thi Truc Mai (Vinh Long), bronze medal went to athlete Le Thi Kim Ngan (Da Nang). In the men's 100m run, athlete Le Trong Hinh (Thanh Hoa) won gold medal, athlete Nguyen Duc Chinh of our province won silver medal, bronze medal went to athlete Nguyen Van Huynh (Army). In the women's 100m race, the gold medal went to Vu Thi Huong (An Giang), the silver medal went to Do Thi Quyen of our province, and the bronze medal went to Nguyen Thi Thuy (Hanoi). In the men's 800m race, athlete Duong Van Thai of our province excellently crossed the finish line first and won the gold medal, breaking his own national record with a time of 1 minute 49 seconds 23 (the old record was 1 minute 49 seconds 42 at the 26th SEA Games in 2011); the silver medal went to Nguyen Xuan Truong (Binh Duong); the bronze medal went to Le Thanh Hung (Ho Chi Minh City). In the women's 800m race, the gold medal went to Vu Thi Ly (Yen Bai), two silver medals and a bronze medal went to Do Thi Thao and Pham Thi Ngot (Hanoi). In the men's 3,000m obstacle race, athlete Pham Tien San (Bac Giang) excellently won the gold medal; the silver medal went to Le Trong Giang (Thanh Hoa); The bronze medal went to athlete Pham Ngoc Hoang (Khanh Hoa). In the women's 5,000m race, athlete Nguyen Thi Phuong (Thanh Hoa) left her opponents far behind, crossed the finish line first and won the gold medal, athlete Pham Thi Hue (Quang Ninh) won the silver medal, athlete Pham Thi Hong Le (Binh Dinh) won the bronze medal. In the women's javelin throw, athlete Bui Thi Xuan (Army) won the gold medal, athlete Ca Thi Phong (Thanh Hoa) won the silver medal, athlete Bui Thi Trang (Army) won the bronze medal. In the women's 4x400m relay race, the Hanoi team excellently won the gold medal,Silver medal belongs to Nghe An team, The bronze medal went to the Ba Ria - Vung Tau delegation. In the men's 4x400m relay, the Thanh Hoa delegation won the gold medal, the Da Nang delegation won the silver medal, and the Hanoi delegation won the bronze medal. In the decathlon, athlete Nguyen Van Hue (Hai Duong) won the gold medal, the silver medal went to athlete Nguyen Phuong Nam (Hanoi), and athlete Le Van Han (Hai Duong) won the bronze medal.

Athlete Duong Van Thai (Nam Dinh) excellently broke the national record and won the gold medal in the men's 800m race in Athletics. Photo: Duc Toan

On the third competition day (December 11-12), Athletics will continue to compete in the finals of the following events: women's hammer throw, men's 110m hurdles, men's pole vault, men's triple jump, women's discus throw, women's 100m hurdles, women's 400m, men's 400m, women's 10,000m, men's 4x100m relay and women's 4x100m relay.

On December 10, 2014, the Boxing athletes continued to compete in the quarter-finals in the men's weight categories: 46kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg; women's weight categories: 45kg, 48kg, 51kg to select athletes for the semi-finals. In the afternoon, the boxers competed in 11/12 matches, in the evening they competed in 14/16 matches. Unfortunately, there were 2 athletes from the Hoa Binh delegation: Nguyen Thi Cham gave up, losing to athlete Pham Thi Phuong (Hung Yen) in the 48kg weight category; Athlete Tran Anh Tuan gave up to Huynh Ngoc Vien (Army) in the 69kg weight category. Boxer Tran Quang Thinh (Binh Phuoc) also gave up, losing to boxer Nguyen Van De (Army).

Boxer Pham Thi Nhung (blue shirt) of Nam Dinh delegation won against boxer Nguyen Thi Thu Hao (red shirt) of Ho Chi Minh City delegation in the 45kg weight class of Boxing with a score of 3-0. Photo: Xuan Thu

According to information from the tournament organizing committee, the athletes who withdrew all determined that they were weaker than their opponents; in which, Hoa Binh Boxing athletes participated in the National Sports Festival for the first time, so they did not have experience and courage to compete. As a result, athlete Pham Thi Nhung (Nam Dinh) quickly defeated athlete Nguyen Thi Thu Hao (Ho Chi Minh City) with a score of 3-0 in the 45kg weight class to compete in the semi-finals. Boxer Pham Thi Nhung won the silver medal at the National Youth Championship in 2011, and the gold medal at the National Youth Championship two consecutive years in 2012 and 2013.

On December 10, 2014, the 4th day of competition in Group A continued. The two women's volleyball matches between the teams: Hai Duong - Army, Vinh Phuc - Thanh Hoa were not beyond the predictions of experts and fans when the teams that were considered stronger, Army and Thanh Hoa, both won. The Army team won Hai Duong team with a score of 3-0, the results of the sets: 25-12, 25-19, 25-16. The Thanh Hoa team won Vinh Phuc team with a score of 3-1, the results of the sets were 25-15, 25-17, 23-25 ​​and 25-13 respectively. In the last match of the day, the Ho Chi Minh City men's volleyball team won 3-0 against the Ninh Binh team with the scores of the sets: 25-19, 25-19, 25-18.

The match between the Ho Chi Minh City men's volleyball team (yellow shirts) and the Ninh Binh team. Photo: Duc Thien

According to the schedule, on December 11, 2014, the final day of the qualifying round of Group A for men's and women's Volleyball at the 7th National Sports Festival - 2014 will continue with 3 matches. Of which, at 5:00 p.m. there will be a match between the two women's volleyball teams Phu Tho - Thanh Hoa, at 6:30 p.m. there will be a match between the two teams Hai Duong - Vinh Phuc and at 8:00 p.m. there will be a match between the men's volleyball team Army - Khanh Hoa.

According to Nam Dinh Newspaper