Vietnam win gold at world aerobic competition

Vietnam won a gold medal at the 17th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championship which concluded on June 18 in Guimaraes, Portugal.
Vietnam win gold at world aerobic competition ảnh 1Vietnam won a gold medal in the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championship's group event on June 18 in Guimaraes, Portugal. (Photo courtesy of FIG)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam won a gold medal at the 17th Aerobic GymnasticsWorld Championship which concluded on June 18 in Guimaraes, Portugal.

Ateam of five athletes, Nguyen Che Thanh, Le Hoang Phong, Tran Ngoc ThuyVi, Nguyen Viet Anh and Vuong Hoai An, topped the group event from thequalification where they scored 20.094 points.

Inthe eight-team final, they scored 20.738 points to take the top place onthe podium. 

Hungaryfinished second on 20.572 and Italy third on 20.077.

Alsoin Guimaraes, Vietnam claimed two bronze medals in the trio and mixed doublesevents.

DanielBali, Fanni Mazacs and Balazs Farkas of Hungary combined to score 20.277points in the trio final at the Multiusos de Guimaraes Arena.

Despitereceiving the fewest points for difficulty, the Hungarians topped the standingsdue to exemplary scores for their artistry and execution where they scored 9.250and 8.250 points, respectively.

Vietnam win gold at world aerobic competition ảnh 2The Vietnamese team (Photo: qdnd.vn)
Bulgaria'sAntonio Papazov, Tihomir Barotev and Darina Pashova secured the silver medalwith 20.188 points on the board. While Vietnamese Vi, Thanh andPhong narrowly missed out on second place as they had to settle for bronzeon 20.183 points.

Inthe mixed pair final, Hungary continued to dominate, with FanniMazacs and Daniel Bali recording 20.700 to top the standings.

TamiresSilva and Lucas Barbosa of Brazil combined to make 20.600 to finished secondand Vietnam’s Phong and Vi totalled 20.550 to walk away with bronze.

Vietnamalso sent Thanh to compete in the men's individual class but he finishedfourth, behind athletes from the Republic of Korea, Spain and Italy.

Afterthree days of competitions, Hungary took the lead position in the medal tallywith three golds, two silvers and one bronze. The RoK came second with threegolds. Ukraine placed third with one gold and one silver.

Vietnamwere at fourth on one gold and two bronzes.

Theworld championship was the first international competition of the Vietnameseathletes after the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games.

Atlast month's Games, Vietnam's aerobic team won three gold medals in the group,trio and mixed doubles categories./.
VNA

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