SEA Games 29: Tien Cuong eliminated, Kieu Oanh enters semi-finals

On the afternoon of August 16, the golden hope of the Vietnamese sports delegation, archer Chau Kieu Oanh, won a ticket to the semi-finals of the women's individual 3-string bow event. Before that, archer Nguyen Tien Cuong disappointed when he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Archer Chau Kieu Oanh. Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

At 2:30 p.m., archer Chau Kieu Oanh won a ticket to the semi-finals of the women's individual 3-string bow event. This is the first time this young archer from Tra Vinh has competed at the SEA Games.

Archer Nguyen Tien Cuong competed in the 3-string bow qualifying round this morning, August 16. Tien Cuong is the golden hope of Vietnamese archery. He has won two gold medals in two consecutive SEA Games. Photo: Nguyen Khanh

At 2:20 p.m., archer Nguyen Tien Cuong lost in the quarterfinals. Thus, the Vietnamese male archers were completely eliminated after the quarterfinals.

Before that, in the morning, there was a qualifying round to select the 16 strongest archers to enter the next round for the 2 individual 3-string bow events for men and women.

In the qualifying round, Tien Cuong - who won 2 individual gold medals in the last 2 SEA Games - did not play very well but he still won the right to enter the round of 16 strongest archers (ranked 15/16 in the qualifying round). Hopefully, Tien Cuong will play well in the knockout round and win the gold medal.

Video clip of Vietnamese archers competing in the qualifying round of the 3-string bow event. By: Nguyen Khanh

In addition to archer Nguyen Tien Cuong, archer Chau Kieu Oanh (second from right) is also expected to win a gold medal. Photo: Nguyen Khanh

In the women's category, archers Chau Kieu Oanh, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thao, Le Ngoc Huyen and Nguyen Thi Nhat Le all won tickets to the next round. Among them, archer Chau Kieu Oanh from Tra Vinh is expected to bring home the gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation.

According to TTO