First gold for Vietnam at 27th SEA Games

VIETNAM UPDATED. Wushu athlete Duong Thuy Vi won Vietnam’s first gold medal at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, triumphing in the women’s Jianshu on December 7.

Vi finished first with 9.70 points, closely followed by Myanmar’s Sandy Oo with 9.69 points and Malaysia’s Eyin Phoon with 9.64 points.

Vi won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal at the 2013 World Wushu Championships in Malaysia last month.

Her teammate Bui Minh Phuong earned a silver medal in the women’s Nanquan.

Xuan Hiep was unable to repeat his 2011 silver medal performance in the men’s Changquan, placing third with 9.68 points. Myanmar’s Aung Si Thu won gold (9.70 points), followed by Indonesian athlete Achmad Hulaefi (9.69 points).

Nguyen Thanh Tung’s 9.54 points was only good enough for 8th in the fiercely competitive men’s Taijiquan.
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