The gold went to Nguyen Thi Chinh, who beat Yasmin Salim of Egypt in the final of the women’s 48kg sanda (combat) category.

Also in sanda, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy and Pham Cong Minh grabbed silvers in the women’s U56kg and men’s 85kg, respectively.

Nguyen Thi Chinh (second, left) poses with her gold and medallists at the World Wushu Championships in China.

Earlier, To Van Bau (men’s 56kg) and Le Tuan Anh (men’s 70kg) clinched bronzes.

In taolu (performance), Asian Games champion Duong Thuy Vi won double silver as she finished second in the women’s jianshu (performance with sword) and qiangshu (performance with spear).

Hoang Thi Phuong Giang and Tran Thi Minh Huyen were third in the women’s gunshu (staff) and women’s taijiquan (tai chi).

Vietnam finished ninth in the ranking table.

Mainland China were on top with 14 golds. Iran and Hong Kong were second and third.

Bac Giang athlete wins gold at national wushu championship

(BGO) – The National Wushu Championship 2019 took place from April 1-7 in Vung Tau city (Ba Ria Vung Tau province) drawing more than 300 artists from 31 provinces, cities and sectors nationwide. 

Nghiem Van Y - new prospect of Vietnam’s Wushu

(BGO) – Despite being a young Wushu artist who has competed in the big sports arenas, Nghiem Van Y (born in 1999) from Quyen village, Ngoc Son commune, Hiep Hoa district (Bac Giang province) has surprised the fans with a bronze medal obtained at the 18th Asian Games recently held in Indonesia.

ASIAD: Vietnam wins silver medals in wushu, weightlifting

Wushu artist Pham Quoc Khanh and weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh clinched two more silver medals for Vietnam at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (Asiad) in Indonesia following their second-place finishes in the men’s nanquan and nangun all-around event and the men’s 62kg category, respectively, on August 21.

Vietnam wins 7 golds at Asian youth weightlifting championship

Vietnamese lifters secured seven gold, five silver and four bronze medals at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on October 21 – the first day of competition.

Martial artists win seven golds at World Beach Pencak Silat Championship

A team of Vietnamese martial artists have secured a number of medals including seven golds, eight silvers, and six bronze medals at the first World Beach Pencak Silat Championship 2019 which recently concluded in Phuket, Thailand.

Source: VNA