Sharpshooters Dang Hong Ha, Cu Thi Thanh Tu and Nguyen Thi Hang bagged the
silver medal in the women’s 10m mobile target air rifle team event at the Asian
Games in Guangzhou, China yesterday,
Nov 15.

Silverware: Dang Hong Ha (centre) and her teammates Cu Thi Thanh Tu and Nguyen Thu Hang celebrate after winning a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mobile target team event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, yesterday. (Photo: VNS)

The trio accumulated a
total of 1,084 points to finish second, 62 points behind China.

North Korea came third
with 1,068 points.

The men’s shooters
bagged one more silver and bronze for Viet Nam yesterday.

Ha Minh Thanh scored
583 points in the men’s 25m individual rapid fire pistol to equal Chinese Li
Yuehong after 60 shots. But Thanh had to take the silver as he lost to the
Chinese shooter in the final 10 shots with 196.7 points, 3.1 points lower than
Li’s achievement.

Thanh and his
teammates, Bui Quang Nam and Pham Anh Dat, also bagged a bronze medal in the
team event with a total of 1,718 points.

Wushu artist Pham Quoc
Khanh took the bronze in the men’s all-around nanquan (ultimate fist) and nangun
(rod play) with a total 19.33 points in the men’s taolu (performance) event
yesterday.

Vietnamese athletes
took home two silver and three bronze medals in the Asian Games yesterday.

International Grand
Master (IGM) Le Quang Liem gained 5.5 points to take the lead in the men’s
individual chess tournament at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Liem won five matches
including two wins over the Asian Games’ defending champion Murtas Kazhgaleyev
of Kazakhstan, Chinese Bu Xiangzhi.

The 19-year-old hopes
to maintain his momentum as he gets ready for his next matches today.

Martial artist Nguyen
Thi Bich beat Elina Chaudhary of Nepal 2-0, earning a semi-final berth in the
women’s 52kg sanshou (combat) event.

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