Vovinam students of Nghe An won 16 medals at the national tournament

(Baonghean.vn) - Participating in the National Vovinam Student Competition for the first time, Nghe An delegation excellently won 16 medals.

The first national Vovinam tournament for students was organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Student Sports Association in collaboration with the Vietnam Vovinam Federation in Thanh Hoa. The tournament aims to encourage the spirit of health training, physical exercise, and arouse national pride when practicing Vietnam's traditional martial arts in schools. This is the first time a large-scale Vovinam tournament for high school students has been organized.

Panorama of the closing ceremony of the first national Vovinam student tournament. Photo: NVCC

The tournament attracted more than 400 athletes from 24 provinces and cities across the country. The athletes competed from July 16 to 22, competing for 79 sets of medals in two categories: martial arts and combat. The Nghe An Vovinam student delegation had 25 athletes participating in both categories.

At the end of the tournament, the Nghe An Vovinam student team won 2 gold medals in the combat category, 6 silver medals, 8 bronze medals and ranked 10th overall. Ranked first, second and third were the teams of Ho Chi Minh City, Thanh Hoa and Dong Thap respectively.

The two athletes who won Gold Medals from Nghe An delegation were Nguyen Thi Ha Le (born 2007) in the 38kg competition and Lam Bao Minh (2003) in the 63kg competition.

In the first competition, Vovinam Nghe An excellently won a medal. Photo: NVCC

Thanh Cuong