Vietnam won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals on the first day of the ongoing fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 2017), in Turkmenistan, on September 18.
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Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan
secures the first gold medal for Vietnam with a lift of 282kg
Weightlifter
Thach Kim Tuan secured the first gold medal for Vietnam with a lift of 282kg,
while his teammate Tran Le Quoc Toan bagged silver with a lift of 276kg.
On the
women’s side, weightlifter Vuong Thi Huyen pocketed a bronze medal.
The same
day, Bui Thi Thu Thao secured a silver medal in the women’s long jump with a
jump of
6.36 metres,
finishing second to Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan who won the gold medal with a
jump of
6.43 metres.
AIMAG
2017 attracts athletes from 65 countries and territories, including several
from Oceania.
Vietnam
sent a 164-member delegation to the event and the Vietnamese athletes are
going to compete in 14 of the 21 sports at the Games with the aim of winning
eight gold medals.
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Source: NDO
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