Hoang Gia Thanh Bao, Le Hoang Phong and Nguyen Che Thanh win the trio event with 19.267 points. (Photo: VNA) Phan The Gia Hien outclassed all other competitors in the men'saerobic individual. His performance was awarded 19.450 points to take the toppodium at the National Olympic Complex: Marquee.
Chanokpon Jiumsukjai of Thailand took silver with 18.433 pointswhile Has Sokhon of Cambodia earned bronze with 18.100.
Hien’s teammate Tran Ha Vi also had an outstanding performance in thewomen's aerobic individual to take the second gold of the day.
She earned 18.366 points, leaving behind Thai Chawisa Intakul(17.716 points) and Charmaine Estaras Dolar of the Philippines (17.300 points).
The team completed their title hat trick minutes later.
Hoang Gia Thanh Bao, Le Hoang Phong and Nguyen Che Thanh wonthe trio event with 19.267 points.
Thailand and Cambodia were second and third, respectively.
Asian champion Nguyen Thi That (red) triumphed in the women's road race mass star event. (Photo: VNA) She defended her title in a time of 2 hours 48.39minover a distance of 100.4km.
Jutatip Maneenphan of Thailand came second, followed by Nur AisyahMohamad Zubir of Malaysia.
In billiards, Vietnam will have one gold and one silver in thewomen's 1-cushion carom after Le Thi Ngoc Hue and Phung Kien Tuong set up anall-Vietnamese final. They will compete in the evening.
Meanwhile, weightlifter Lai Gia Thanh pocketed the 6th gold medalfor Vietnam on May 13 – the 8th official competing day of SEA Games 32 - after winning in the men’s 55kg category. Hesucceeded with a snatch of 121kg, and clean and jerk of 140kg.
Head of the Vietnam sports delegation Dang Ha Viet on May 13organised a press conference to brief about the delegation's achievement at SEAGames 32.
After seven official days of competition, Vietnamese athletessecured 71 golds, 69 silvers and 78 bronzes. They team rank top in the medaltally.
Among medals, 28 golds, 31 silvers and 27 bronzes are fromOlympics sports. Athletes set up four Games records.
Swimmer Pham Thanh Bao made a double in the men's 100m (1min1.17sec) and 200m (2:11.45) breaststroke events.
The two other went to finswimmers in the men's 4x200m surfacerelay (5:50.03) and women's 4x200m surface relay (6:19.69).
The two teams that made Vietnam history when winning theirfirst-ever gold medals were golf and 3x3 basketball.
Despite the No 1 place in the ranking, some Vietnamese team didnot meet their target, winning less golds than expected.
The athletics team earned 12 golds, four less than thetarget. Swimmers and vovinam fighters missed one each.
Viet points out several reasons including the constant changes ofcompetition schedule, leading to our athletes' poor fitness for the nextevents.
Vietnam expects to earn 30-40 additional gold medals in the remainingdays of the Games, he said./.
VNA
