Gymnast Nguyen Ha Thanh has won a gold medal in the men’s parallel bars event at the Challenge Cup in Germany.
With his outstanding performance, Thanh earned 15,375 points to come
to the first position. The silver medalist from Greece scored 15,300
point.
The Challenge Cup was held in Cottbus
from March 21-24 with the participation of world’s top athletes. Thanh
was the only Vietnamese representative at the event.
Earlier, Thanh won the silver medal in the men’s vault at the French Challenge Cup on March 17.
The World Challenge Cup series is an open category, with participation
limited to two gymnasts per country and apparatus, and invitations
addressed at least to the apparatus finalists of the 2012 Olympic Games
and the best eight gymnasts per apparatus from the 2012 World Cup
Ranking list for Individual Apparatus.-VNA