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Vietnamese gymnast strikes gold in five consecutive SEA Games

With a gold medal in the men’s single bar event on May 9, Dinh Phuong Thanh went down in the history of Vietnamese gymnastics winning gold in five consecutive editions of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).
Vietnamese gymnast strikes gold in five consecutive SEA Games ảnh 1Gymnast Dinh Phuong Thanh in his single bar performance on May 9. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – With a gold medal in the men’s singlebar event on May 9, Dinh Phuong Thanh went down in the history of Vietnamese gymnastics winning gold in five consecutive editions of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).

At the ongoing 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia, Thanh earned13,500 points for his single-bar performance and secured the top spot.

He was followed by Abiyurafi of Indonesia (13,000 points) andLuqman Zulfa of Malaysia (12,500 points).

Earlier, Thanh had obtained 11 SEA Games gold medals, includingfour in Singapore in 2015, two in Malaysia in 2017, two in the Philippines in 2019,and three in Hanoi last year.

However,Thanh failed to defend his championship in the parallel bars event on May 9, earning only 14,400 points, much lower than his result (15,133 points) at the31st SEA Games in Hanoi.

In the men’s vault event,Trinh Hai Khang landed a bronze medal with 14,050 points, following JuanchoMiguel Eserio of the Philippines (14,525 points) and Tikumporn Surintornta ofThailand (14,150 points).

The same day, Vovinam athletes of Vietnam, namely Le Duc Duy,Mai Dinh Chien, Nguyen Hoang Tan, and Le Phi Bao, recorded 273 points to win agold in the men’s multi-weapon training event. Cambodia with 265 points obtaineda silver while Laos and Myanmar, both 263 points, had a bronze medal each.

With 272 points, the Vovinam team of Vietnam also pocketed agold medal in the women’s multi-weapon training event earlier on May 9. Lam ThiLoi and Nguyen Thi Tuyet brought home a silver medal in the women’s pair swordtraining event.

Meanwhile, Nguyen Thanh Trung gained a bronze in the 57kgcategory of Kun Khmer, a traditional combat sport of Cambodia, after losing toa rival of the host country./.
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