Winning double gold, Truong Son is "unrivaled" at SEA Games 27
Chess player Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son continues to bring good news to the Vietnamese delegation with a gold medal in rapid chess. This is also his second gold medal at the 27th SEA Games.
Surprisingly, in Muay Thai, Bui Thi Quynh won the gold medal in the 48 kg weight class. This is also the 48th gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation.
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Truong Son has no rivals at the SEA Games in both rapid and blitz chess - Photo: Duc Cuong |
- 18:40: GOOD NEWS. Chess player Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son continues to win another gold medal in rapid chess.He won the championship 1 game early, after 6 games Son got 5.5 points, 1 point more than the 2nd place, his teammate Duc Hoa, and 1.5 points more than the 3rd place (Philippines). Previously, on December 14, Truong Son won the blitz chess event also 1 game early.
Surprisingly, in Muay Thai, Bui Thi Quynh won the gold medal in the 48 kg weight class. This is also the 48th gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation.
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The Vietnamese Muay team won the first gold medal at the 27th SEA Games. |
- 17:35:The second half of the match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Malaysia has begun. The U23 Vietnam players are trying hard to get closer to find a goal. Only a victory will help us get a ticket to the semi-finals.
- 17:18:Tran Hue Hoa brought home another bronze medalfor athletics in the women's triple jump with a result of 14m12. The champion was an athlete from Indonesia with a result of 14m17.
-17:15:The first half of the match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Malaysia ended with a score of 0-0.
- 17:00:U23 Vietnam is still dominating Malaysia with continuous attacks but the goal has yet to come.
- 16:53:Back to athletics:Nguyen Truong Giang won the bronze medal in the javelin throw final with a score of 63m69.. Winning the gold and silver medals were both Thai athletes - Do Tuan (from Myanmar)
- 16:44.Up to this point, the Vietnamese sports delegation still maintains the second position with 48 gold medals, 41 silver medals and 50 bronze medals, behind Thailand.
- 16:38: Vietnam has its 48th gold medal. Surprisingly, in Muay Thai, Bui Thi Quynh won the gold medal in the 48kg weight class.The opponent she defeated was a boxer from Thailand, the country that gave birth to this sport.
This is also the first gold medal of the Vietnam Muay Thai team at the SEA Games.
- 16:30:The first half of the match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Malaysia has begun, the Vietnamese players are pressing the field.
- 16:25: AMAZING... Do Thi Thao brought home the 47th gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation in the women's 800m final (2 minutes 05 seconds 52).More notably, her teammate Vu Thi Ly finished right after to win the silver medal (2 minutes 07 seconds 25).
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Do Thi Thao excelled in the women's 800m race. |
- 16:15:Continue with athletics.Duong Van Thai won bronze medal in men's 800m racewith a time of 1 minute 51 seconds 62. The gold medal went to the Malaysian athlete (1 minute 50 seconds 89). The 26th SEA Games champion has officially lost his throne - Do Tuan (from Myanmar)
- 16:08:In just 20 minutes, the match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Malaysia will take place. At this time, the U23 Vietnam players have entered the field to warm up. You can watch the U23 players enter the field and the live progress of the match.HERE.
- 15:56: 1 more silver medal in athletics.It was a pity that the hope Quach Thi Lan only finished second in the women's 400m hurdles (58 seconds 93). She led until the first 360m but then her sprint was poor and she let her opponent overtake her. The first place went to the athlete from Thailand (58 seconds 85) - Do Tuan (from Myanmar).
- 15:43: Dao Xuan Cuong only won bronze medal in men's 400m hurdles.His achievement was 51 seconds 79, first place was the athlete from the Philippines (51 seconds 29) and second place was the athlete from Indonesia (51 seconds 74) - Do Tuan (from Myanmar)
- 15:30: Gold medal! As expected, Vu Thi Huong won the gold medal in the women's 100m race.She had impressive acceleration to reach the finish line with a time of 11 seconds 59, the silver medal went to an athlete from Thailand (11 seconds 85) and the bronze medal also went to an athlete from Thailand (11 seconds 91). This is the second gold medal in athletics today and also the 46th gold medal of the Vietnamese delegation - Do Tuan (from Myanmar)
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The speed queen brought home the 46th gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation. |
- 15:20:In the women's 100m event, there were 2 times when athletes made wrong starts, causing the race to be interrupted. Let's wait and see if Vu Thi Huong can win a double gold medal for athletics today.
- 15:19:The second half of the semi-final match between Vietnam and Indonesia men's futsal team has begun.
- 15:10:The finals in athletics are taking place. In the men's 100m final, athlete Nguyen Van Huynh only finished 6th out of 8 with a time of 10.75 seconds. The gold medal was won by an athlete from Thailand (10.47 seconds). This afternoon, we expect Vu Thi Huong to continue to bring gold to Vietnamese athletics in the women's 100m.
- 15:00:Returning to the men's Futsal, the Vietnamese players opened the scoring in the last minute of the first half thanks to Pham Trong Luan. If they beat Indonesia, Vietnam will qualify for the final match.
-14:30:Chess players Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Pham Le Phuong Thao (Truong Son's girlfriend) are leading after 4 rounds in the rapid chess event. Both are 0.5 points ahead of their opponents. The 5th round will take place at 4:30 pm this afternoon. The player who is on top after 7 rounds will win the gold medal.
-14:27:In cycling,Cyclist Nguyen Thi That finished third and won the bronze medal.128km women's mass start cycling event.
This morning, athletics and shooting brought the Vietnamese delegation 2 more gold medals, helping us stand firmly in 2nd place with 45 gold medals, 39 silver medals and 46 bronze medals.
- 14:21: At the same time, the men's futsal semi-final match between Vietnam and Indonesia futsal teams is taking place.
- 13:35: Athlete Nguyen Van Quang only won silver medal after finishing second in the final match of the technical shooting event in petanque. He lost to his opponent Thailand with a score of 24-38.
- 13:00: The Vietnamese women's volleyball team beat Malaysia 3-0 in the third match to qualify for the final against Thailand.
Rowing at the 27th SEA Games has also come to an end. At this SEA Games, Vietnamese Rowing won 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals. Before participating in the 27th SEA Games, Vietnamese Rowing set a goal of winning 3 gold medals or more.
- 12:15: Rowing continues to have 1 more medal. In the 8-man men's team event, Vietnam finished 3rd and won the bronze medal - Do Tuan from Myanmar.
According to reporter Do Tuan, LW4 is the event that Vietnamese Rowing aimed to win gold. In fact, during the race, our 4 rowers showed their superiority when leading the first 1700m. But in the last 300m, our athletes were overtaken by the host country. Vietnamese Rowing unfortunately lost the gold!
- 11:50: Rowing has just won another silver medal in the women's 4-stroke light sculls (LW4) event. Our 4 athletes, Bui Thi Nhat, Nguyen Thi Trinh, Tran Thi Sam, Pham Thi Thao, finished with a time of 4 minutes 09 seconds 53. The first-placed team is from Myanmar with a time of 4 minutes 07 seconds 45 - Do Tuan from Myanmar.
-11:45: Good news from the Bac Dagon shooting range. Three female shooters Le Ngoc Mai, Trieu Thi Hoa Hong and Nguyen Thuy Dung helped shoot to win another gold medal in the 25m sport pistol event.
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Female shooters brought home another gold medal for Vietnamese shooting |
-11:30: At Wunnna Theikdi Sports Palace, the Vietnamese women's archery team just lost to Indonesia in the final match of the women's single-reed team event with a score of 200-212. This is a regrettable result as the Vietnamese women's archers had a good start, even leading after the first three rounds. However, in the deciding round, we were overtaken by Indonesia and had to accept the silver medal.
- 11:20: Move to Ngalike Dam Lake, where the Rowing event takes place. Rowers Duong Thanh Binh - Nguyen Dinh Huy just won the bronze medal in the men's double rowing event (LM2) with a time of 7 minutes 10 seconds 09. The Indonesian duo won the gold medal, followed by the Filipino pair - Do Tuan from Myanmar.
Referee Mongkolchai from Thailandwill control the match between U23 Vietnam vs U23 Myanmar
Right in the first event of athletics, with reasonable tactics, athlete Nguyen Van Lai unexpectedly won the gold medal in the men's 5000m event.
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Athlete Nguyen Van Lai was overwhelmed with emotion after finishing in first place. Photo: Duc Cuong |
Yesterday, U23 Myanmar surprisingly lost to U23 Indonesia in the semi-final match with a score of 0-1. Myanmar had the same points as Indonesia (7) but had a lower goal difference, so they finished 3rd overall and were eliminated.Because of this loss, home fans rioted at Thuwunna Stadium.
- 10:46:Moving on to the petanque event, in the women's technical semifinal, Nguyen Thi Thi lost to Ke Leng of Cambodia with a score of 17-33, so she only has hope of competing for the bronze medal.
Up to this point, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation has won 44 gold medals, 36 silver medals, and 43 bronze medals. We are still ranked second in the medal tally, behind Thailand and above Myanmar.
- 10:15:In the women's 100m qualifying round, Vu Thi Huong impressed with a time of 11.75 seconds. Huong was also the athlete with the best result in the qualifying round and of course she won the right to enter the final. Viet
- 10:00:In the men's 100m qualifying round, Nguyen Van Huynh of Vietnam finished in 4th place with a time of 10.73 seconds and qualified for the final round.
- 09:47:Moving on to the 100m decathlon final, athlete Nguyen Van Hue finished in 3rd place with a time of 11 seconds 26, Nguyen Van Dat finished 4th with a time of 11 seconds 36.
Nguyen Van Lai's gold medal was won thanks to a reasonable strategy. Nguyen Van Lai almost hid from the wind throughout the race and only broke away in the decisive stage. It was easy to see that in the final steps, Van Lai was still full of energy while his pursuer Sirisung seemed quite weak.
Nguyen Van Lai's gold medal was considered a surprise because at the 26th SEA Games, he only won a bronze medal and was not highly regarded compared to Sirisung (Thailand) or Riwan of Indonesia. In fact, in the last competition, Van Lai started slowly and he just silently followed the two athletes mentioned above. In the final round, Van Lai suddenly broke away and had a spectacular sprint.
- 09:20:Right in the first competition of Vietnamese athletics this morning,Athlete Nguyen Van Lai unexpectedly won gold for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation in the men's 5000m event.. He finished with a time of 14 minutes 19 seconds 35. The runner-up was Boonthung Sirisung of Thailand with a time of 14 minutes 21 seconds 75.
Today (December 17), the Vietnamese sports delegation will compete in Rowing, shooting, petanque, sepak takraw, archery, volleyball, men's soccer, men's futsal, golf, chess, cycling, billiards, athletics, table tennis, Muay, and Kempo.
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Today Athletics promises to bring home gold medals for the Vietnamese sports delegation. |
COMPETITION SCHEDULE OF VIETNAM SPORTS DELEGATION ON DECEMBER 17
Rowing
10:00, Ta Thanh Huyen, LW1x final
10:15, Thanh Binh Street, Nguyen Dinh Huy, LM2-
10:30, Bui Thi Nhat, Nguyen Thi Trinh, Tran Thi Sam, Pham Thi Thao, LW4-
10:45, Nguyen Van Son, Nguyen Van Chuong, Dang Minh Huy, Dang Van Tuan, Tran Dang Dung, Nguyen Van Thuy, Pham Minh Chinh, Nguyen Van Linh, Nguyen Van Binh, M8+
Shooting
09:00-09:50
Le Ngoc Mai, Trieu Thi Hoa Hong, Nguyen Thuy Dung, 25m women's sport pistol
Petanque
08:30-18:00
Nguyen Van Quang, Male technician
Nguyen Thi Thi, Female technician
Vo Tan Xuan, Cao Thanh Lan Anh, mixed doubles
rattan bridge
09:00-12:00 Vietnam - Cambodia, women's doubles
15:00-18:00 Vietnam - Thailand, women's doubles
Archery
09:00-11:30
Dao Trong Kien, Le Dai Cuong, Nguyen Thanh Binh, men's single-string bow team
Loc Thi Dao, Duong Thi Kim Lien, Nguyen Thi Quyen Trang, female team 1 rope
14:00-17:00
Nguyen Tien Cuong, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Nguyen Thanh Tuan, men's 3-string bow team
Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, Le Ngoc Huyen, Pham Thi Kieu, female team 3-string bow
Women's Volleyball
10:00 Malaysia - Vietnam
Men's Soccer
16:30 Malaysia - Vietnam
Men's Futsal
14:00 Vietnam - Indonesia
Golf
07:00-16:00 Do Le Gia Dat, Truong Chi Quan, men's singles
07:00-16:00 Ngo Bao Nghi, women's singles
Flag
09:00-13:00 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Nguyen Duc Hoa, Men's Rapid Chess
16:00-20:00 Nguyen Thi Thanh An, Pham Le Thao Nguyen, women's rapid chess
Bicycle
09:00 Nguyen Phan Ngoc Trang, Nguyen Thi That, Nguyen Thuy Dung, Phan Thi Lieu, 128km start in line.
Billards
10:00
Kieu Thien Khoi, Singles Snooker
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Men's 10-ball Pool
13:00
Nguyen Trung Kien, Singles Snooker
Dang Thanh Kien, Men's 10-ball Pool
Athletics
08:40 Nguyen Van Lai, 5000m men
09:05 Nguyen Van Hue, Nguyen Van Dat, 10th triathlon
09:40 Nguyen Van Huynh, 100m men
10:00 Vu Thi Huong, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tham, women's 100m
10:00 Nguyen Van Hue, Nguyen Van Dat, 10-event combination
10:25 Quach Thi Lan, Nguyen Thi Huyen, women's 400m hurdles
10:45 Dao Xuan Cuong, Nguyen Anh Tu, men's 400m hurdles
11:20 Nguyen Van Hue, Nguyen Van Dat, 10th triathlon
14:30 Vu Thi Men, Tran Hue Hoa, women's triple jump
14:30 Nguyen Truong Giang, men's javelin throw
15:15 Nguyen Van Hue, Nguyen Van Dat, 10th triathlon
16:20 Duong Van Thai, 800m men
16:40 Vu Thi Ly, Do Thi Thao, women's 800m
17:00 Nguyen Van Hue, Nguyen Van Dat, 10th triathlon
Ping pong
09:00: Vietnam - Cambodia, men's team
10:45: Vietnam - Laos, women's team
14:00: Thailand - Vietnam, men's team
Muay
15:00
Bui Thi Quynh, 48 kg female
Le Van Tu, 54 kg male
Kempo
09:30
Nguyen Tam Thanh Tinh, Nguyen Vu Dang, Ha Anh Tuan, Pham Quoc Vy, 4-man male team
Le Duong Lan Phuong, Tran Thi My Duyen, Pham Thi Mao, Phan Thi Kieu Duyen, 4 female teammates
Chau Nguyen Quoc, 65 kg male
Le Thi Thu Hang, 57 kg female
Do Hong Ngoc, 48 kg female,
Nguyen Kim Duyen, 55 kg male
According to bongdaplus