Karate artists win two silvers, two bronzes in Indonesia
Wednesday, 14:53, 25/06/2014
Vietnam has picked up two silver medals and two bronze to rank eighth in the medal tally at the 2014 Indonesia Open Karate Championships in Jakarta.
In the female kata (performance) individual event, Japan's Rimi Kajikawa took home gold after defeating world champion Nguyen Hoang Ngan of Vietnam.
Nguyen Minh Phung was the runner-up in the men's kumite (combat) U84kg category after losing to Soltni Kalvanagh Mahdi of Iran in the final.
Vietnam's two kumite bronzes went to Tran Thi Khanh Vy (women's U50kg) and Bui Thi Ngoc Han (women's U61kg).
Iran bagged seven of the 13 gold medals winning the championship title. Japan finished second with three gold, followed by the Republic of Korea with one gold.