A bumper day of Gold Medals for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation at the 32nd SEA Games

After an impressive first official competition day, Vietnamese athletes continued their success by winning 9 Gold Medals on the competition day of May 7 atSEA Games 32.Thus, this achievement helped the Vietnamese Sports Delegation win a total of 15 Gold Medals, temporarily rising to fourth place in the medal tally of the 32nd SEA Games.

In addition, the Vietnamese delegation also won 18 Silver Medals and 27 Bronze Medals. Athlete Pham Tien San was the "golden starter" for the Vietnamese delegation on the competition day of May 7 when he finished first in the men's individual duathlon final.

Following the success of Tien San, female martial artist Hoang Thi My Tam excellently won the 3rd Gold Medal for Vietnamese Karate at the 32nd SEA Games in the women's 55kg weight category. Immediately after that, Dinh Thi Huong also excellently defeated her Filipino opponent with a score of 7-4 in the women's under 68kg weight category to bring home the 4th Gold Medal for Vietnamese Karate at the 32nd SEA Games. This is Dinh Thi Huong's first Gold Medal after 3 times participating in the SEA Games.

Hoang Thi My Tam has excellently won the first Gold Medal for Karate Vietnam in the women's Kumite category of 55 kg. Photo: Hai Hoang

Martial artist Dinh Thi Huong excellently defeated her Philippine opponent to win the Gold Medal in the women's kumite category under 68kg at the 32nd SEA Games. Photo: Hai Hoang

Along with Karate, the Vovinam team also won two Gold Medals today, Nguyen Thanh Liem and Do Phuong Thao. Nguyen Thanh Liem won the Gold Medal after an overwhelming 9-1 victory over Emmanuel Dailay Cantores (Philippines) in the final match of the men's 60kg category. Photo: Hai Hoang

Meanwhile, Do Phuong Thao won the Gold Medal in the women's 60kg category, after defeating Thai opponent Kesinee Tabtrai 8-5 in the final match. Photo: Hai Hoang

Jujitsu also won a Gold Medal after martial artist Dao Hong Son defeated his Singaporean opponent in the final match of the men's 56kg weight class at the 32nd SEA Games. Photo: Hai Hoang

On the green track, the male athletes of the Swimming Team competed excellently to win two Gold Medals. Photo: Hai Hoang

Pham Thanh Bao won the Gold Medal in the men's 100m breaststroke with a time of 1 minute 0.97 seconds, breaking the SEA Games record. Photo: Hai Hoang

Not long after, Nguyen Huu Kim Son, Hoang Quy Phuoc, Tran Hung Nguyen and Nguyen Huy Hoang also successfully defended their Gold Medal in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay. The "four" of the Vietnamese Swimming Team excellently defeated their opponents from Singapore when they finished first with a time of 7 minutes 16 seconds 31. Photo: Hai Hoang