Karate brought home the first two gold medals for Vietnam at the SEA Games

On the afternoon of May 6, at the Karate competition area, the martial artists of the kata (performance) category quenched the thirst for Gold Medals for Vietnamese sports, especially the martial arts group.

The trio of Nguyen Ngoc Tram, Luu Thi Thu Uyen and Nguyen Thi Phuong performed excellently in the women's kata team, thereby defeating the Indonesian team in the final match of the competition day. It can be seen that the two Vietnamese and Indonesian women's kata teams both performed well with strong decentralization techniques, however, we were still better to win the Gold Medal.

The trio of players Nguyen Ngoc Tram, Luu Thi Thu Uyen and Nguyen Thi Phuong performed excellently in the women's Karate team competition. Photo: Hai Hoang

"We congratulate you, this result is the team's overall result but everyone recognizes the efforts of each player," coach Nguyen Hoang Ngan, in charge of the women's kata team of Vietnam karate, shared right on the competition floor.

Vietnam won the Gold Medal in Women's Team Karate. Photo: Hai Hoang

After the women's team, it was the men's Karate team's turn to bring Vietnam the second Gold Medal in today's competition day. In the men's Karate final, our athletes including Le Hong Phuc, Pham Minh Duc and Giang Viet Anh had a convincing performance and won the Gold Medal with 41 points.

The Karate men's team won the Gold Medal. Photo: Hai Hoang

In the final of the women's Karate individual performance, Nguyen Thi Phuong won the Silver Medal with a score of 40.2 points. Although she could not defend the Gold Medal won at the 31st SEA Games, this achievement can still be considered not bad for Nguyen Thi Phuong.