Viet Nam maintained the second spot in the medal tally of the ongoing 30^th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) at the Philippines as of 2 December, with kurash being the country’s goldmine.

Le Duc Dong bags the first gold medal for Viet Nam on the second official competition day in the final of kurash men’s -66 kg (Photo: VNA)

Le Duc Dong bagged the first gold medal for Viet Nam on the second official competition day after beating his rival from the hosts Philippines 3-0 in the final of men’s -66 kg.

Tran Thi Thanh Thuy and Vu Ngoc Son triumphed in the women’s 70 kg and men’s -73 kg, respectively. Afterwards, Bui Minh Quan earned the sixth gold medal in kurash in the men’s -81 kg event.
Nguyen Thi Lan concluded a big day for Viet Nam’s kurash with a gold in the women’s -70 kg.

One day earlier, Tran Thuong earned a gold medal in men’s -90 kg, while Hoang Thi Tinh won the second gold in kurash for Viet Nam in women’s -52 kg after beating her rival from the Philippines.

Vietnamese kurash martial artists snatched up to seven out of the total 15 gold medals of the delegation as of 8pm on 2 December. In addition, athletes of the country have so far earned 20 silver and 16 bronze medals.

According to the SEA Games 30’s official website, the hosts Philippines temporarily ranked first with 38 gold, 20 silver and 13 bronze medals. The third and fourth places went to Malaysia (10 gold, two silver and seven bronze medals) and Indonesia (six gold, 11 silver and 12 bronze medals).

SEA Games 30 officially kicked off on November 30 and is set to wrap up on 12 December, with the participation of athletes from the 11 Southeast Asian nations. About 8,750 athletes are competing in 56 sports.

(Source: VNA)