Nguyen Thanh Tung pocketed a second gold medal for Vietnam on August 4 at the World Games in Cali , Colombia.
Tung successfully triumphed in the men’s taijijian, an event of wushu
which originated in China, with 19.43 points. The two runners-up
were Lee Yang from Malaysia and Lu Rufei of China.
His
teammate Duong Thuy Vi pocketed a silver in the women’s qiangshu event,
and Nguyen Manh Quyen was runner-up in the men’s daoshu discipline
Earlier, Vietnam triumphed at the mixed doubles event of the aerobics.
Tran Thu Ha and Vu Ba Dong entered the finals together with France , Spain , and Romania.
In the end, all four pairs shared same points of 20.450 and all became
the champions, which is the first ever happened in the World Games
history.
The first medal of Vietnam went to karate martial
artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan who won a silver in the individual kata
(performance) event.
Vietnam claimed two golds and three silvers at the Games, which closed on August 4.
The next Games, which is an international multi-sport event organised
every four years, will be held in Wroclaw , Poland , in 2017.-VNA