Asiad 10/7: Vietnam won 1 more silver medal, 2 bronze medals

CHINA Vietnam won two more bronze medals in karate and chess but lost to Thailand in the sepak takraw final and the bronze medal match in women's volleyball.

The highlight of the Vietnamese sports delegation on the 14th day of the 19th Asian Games was the bronze medal match for women's volleyball against Thailand. However, despite their recent impressive performances, the Vietnamese girls could not catch up with their neighboring opponents. They lost 0-3 and left the tournament empty-handed.

Thanh Thuy scored in the women's volleyball bronze medal match with Thailand.

After losing the first set 19-25, Vietnam played well in the second set, leading 14-9 at one point. However, Thailand successfully protested a net touch by Vietnam, which turned the match upside down, leaving Thanh Thuy and her teammates nervous. Thailand then scored five points in a row to tie the game. At the end of the set, the two teams were neck and neck, but Thailand was more determined at the crucial moment to win 25-23.

In the third set, despite great efforts, Vietnam was powerless against the opponent's varied play and lost 20-25. Thailand won with superior statistics: 75 points compared to Vietnam's 62 points, 41/79 smashes compared to Vietnam's 32/76, 20/46 successful first-step catches compared to Vietnam's 11/51. Vietnam's blocking rate was higher, 5/18 times compared to Thailand's 5/22 times. But the team made 21 personal errors compared to their opponent's 15.

In other sports, Vietnam also had a bad day. In the morning, Asian youth champion Hoang Thi My Tam disappointed when she lost two consecutive matches in the women's under 55kg kumite karate category. After losing 0-2 to Ku Tsui Ping (Taiwan) in the 11/8 round, she lost again to Saddati Fatemeh (Iran) in the bronze medal match.

In the final match of the women's sepak takraw group 3, despite their best efforts, the Vietnamese women's team was powerless against the strength of Thailand and lost 0-2 (15-21, 12-21). Thus, the Vietnamese sepak takraw team won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 19th Asian Games.

In jujitsu, Hoang Thi Nhat Que lost by submission in the round of 16 of the women's 63 kg category to UAE opponent Alkanbani Shamma. With this result, Nhat Que must hope Shamma advances further to receive a spot in the play-offs to compete for the bronze medal. A similar situation happened to wrestler Can Tat Du when he lost 4-10 to Kinoshita Kirin (Japan) in the men's freestyle wrestling category of the 74 kg category.

In the afternoon, Vietnam won two more bronze medals. Martial artist Do Thanh Nhan beat Baek Junhyeok (Korea) 9-3 in the bronze medal match of the men's kumite 84kg category. Thanh Nhan lost to Malik Muhammad Arif Afifudd (Malaysia) in the round of 16. However, in the round of 16, he defeated Firmansah Sandi (Indonesia). In the Chinese chess event, player Lai Ly Huynh defeated Taiwanese opponent Liu Kuo Hua in the 7th round, thereby winning the bronze medal of the men's individual. Another Vietnamese player - Nguyen Thanh Bao - tied with Malaysian opponent Sim Yip How and finished in 6th place.

Vietnam had a slim hope of winning a bronze medal in the women's team chess if it defeated Mongolia in round 9. However, the team needed Kazakhstan to lose to Uzbekistan. This scenario did not happen. Thus, Vietnamese chess ended the 19th Asian Games without winning any medals.

Quang Huy

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