Phu Yen Online - SEA Games 32 May 9: Vietnam team surpasses host Cambodia and Thailand to take the top spot

By the end of May 9, the Vietnamese sports delegation continued to compete successfully, winning 9 more gold medals in Athletics, Vovinam, Ouk Chaktrang Chess and Electronic Sports, thereby officially surpassing the host sports delegation of Cambodia.

Nguyen Thi Oanh's 3,000m Steeplechase Gold Medal, 3rd Gold Medal at SEA Games 32. Photo: TTO

In Athletics, Nguyen Thi Oanh made an unbelievable feat by winning 2 consecutive gold medals in just 30 minutes.

In the final of the women's 1,500m event, Nguyen Thi Oanh left the athletes behind to finish first with a time of 4 minutes 16 seconds 85. This is the second gold medal that Nguyen Thi Oanh won at the 32nd SEA Games after winning the 5,000m event.

A few minutes later, Nguyen Thi Oanh continued to enter the women's 3,000m steeplechase event. She shone to defend her gold medal in this event when she finished with a time of 10 minutes 34 seconds 03. This is the event where Nguyen Thi Oanh currently holds the SEA Games record with a result of 9 minutes 52 seconds 46.

Nguyen Thi Oanh competed in two middle distance events with a start time of only 30 minutes. The actual rest time between the two events was only about 10 minutes. In the end, Oanh still successfully defended her double gold medal, a feat that is almost impossible on the international level.

In the history of Vietnamese athletics, no athlete has ever been able to do what Nguyen Thi Oanh has done. With this feat, Oanh truly deserves to be a monument of Vietnamese athletics and the Southeast Asian region.

List of athletes winning gold medals on May 9

1. Lam Thi Thuy My, Le Toan Trung, Doan Hoang Tham, Lam Tri Lam (Vovinam)

2. Doan Thi Hong Nhung (Ouk Chaktrang flag).

3. Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien (Gymnastics)

4. Nguyen Van Khanh Phong (Gymnastics)

5. Le Duc Duy, Mai Dinh Chien, Nguyen Hoang Tan, Le Phi Bao (Vovinam)

6. Dinh Phuong Thanh (Gymnastics)

7. E-Sports (Strike)

8. Nguyen Thi Oanh (Athletics, 1,500m)

9. Nguyen Thi Oanh (Athletics, 3,000m steeplechase)

Gymnastics achieved a "golden hat-trick", Dinh Phuong Thanh excellently won the gold medal in the horizontal bar event with a score of 13.5, ranking above athlete Abiyurafi of Indonesia with 13 points.

The joy of Dinh Phuong Thanh. Photo: VNA

In the hoop event, Nguyen Van Khanh Phong excelled over world champion Carlos Yulo to win the gold medal with 14,200 points (Khanh Phong was 200 points ahead of Yulo).

In the Horse Racing event, athlete Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien successfully defended his gold medal with a total score of 13,450 points, difficulty level of 5,700 points.

In Vovinam , martial artists Lam Thi Thuy My, Le Toan Trung, Doan Hoang Tham, and Lam Tri Linh competed impressively to win 454 points in the Women's Multi-Weapon Training event (one woman fighting barehanded with three men with weapons).

Lam Thi Thuy My, Le Toan Trung, Doan Hoang Tham and Lam Tri Linh won gold medals in the women's Multi-weapon category of Vovinam at the 32nd SEA Games. Photo: VNA

This achievement helped the Vietnamese Vovinam team overwhelmingly defeat opponents Indonesia and host Cambodia to win the gold medal.

In the men's multi-weapon event, Le Duc Duy, Mai Dinh Chien, Nguyen Hoang Tan, and Le Phi Bao helped the Vovinam team win another gold medal.

Vovinam also won 1 silver medal in the women's double sword event.

Hong Nhung (left) won another gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation. Photo: TTO

In Ouk Chaktrang , Doan Thi Hong Nhung defeated her Filipino opponent Mendoza to win the gold medal in the women's 60-minute individual standard chess event.

In eSports, the eSports team excellently won the gold medal in the raid event, thereby successfully defending the achievement achieved at the 31st SEA Games at home.

The members of the E-Sports Team that won the Gold Medal include Huynh Quoc Khanh, Luong Duc Tuan, Le Van Son, Dam Viet Hung, Bui Dinh Van, and Mai Thanh Phong.

Thus, closing the competition day on May 9, the Vietnamese sports delegation continued to compete successfully when winning 9 more gold medals, thereby raising the total number of gold medals to 39, officially surpassing the host delegation Cambodia on the medal tally of the 32nd SEA Games.

However, the Thai sports delegation had a strong acceleration to take the lead in the SEA Games 32 medal tally with 40 gold medals won.