SPORTS IN BRIEF 5/10
Published: 04/10/2008 05:00
Anh Vu battles on in World Cup; Minh out of Macau tournament; City set for swimming champs; Taekwondo artists get new vests
The world No 22 on Thursday defeated Ruben Legazpi of Spain 15-5, 15-7, 13-15, 15-6 to take his place in the last 16. In his next match, Vu, who won a gold medal at the Asian championship, will play Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands, who is in the world top 10. Vu’s teammate Tran Chi Thanh failed to defend his silver medal at the competition after losing to Nikos Polychronopoulos, the world No 10, from Greece. Thanh lost 15-11, 4-15, 15-5, 2-15, 7-15. Minh out of Macau tournament Nguyen Tien Minh lost 20-22, 13-21 to Malaysia’s Beng Hong Kuan in the third round of the Macau Grand Prix Gold on Thursday. Minh, ranked 21 in the world and seeded No 10 at the Grand Prix, was outplayed by Beng who is 56 places lower in the world. The Malaysian needed just 36 minutes to win the match and go through to the quarter-finals. Minh was not the only seed to go out in the third round. World No 10 Andrew Smith of England, who was seeded 7th for Macau, lost 5-21, 21-16, 12-21 to Tommy Sugiato of Indonesia in just 47 minutes. City set for swimming champs The National Swimming and Fin Swimming Championship will be held at HCM City’s Phu Tho Swimming Club from October 11-19. Around 107 divers from 14 teams will be competing for 32 medal sets, while 83 swimmers from 16 teams will compete for 40 medal sets. Taekwondo artists get new vests The Viet Nam Sports Administration plans to spend around VND7 billion (US$420,000) to equip national team members with electronic vests that will be used at the 2012 Olympics in London. The World Taekwondo Federation-standard uniforms, which made their debut at the Asian Championship last year, make it easier to know when an athlete lands a blow. When a fighter strikes the vest with enough force a signal is displayed on an electronic monitor. The main referee and four corner referees will award points for strikes to the head or face. Vietnamese athletes will begin wearing the vests next year. (Source: Viet Nam News) |
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