Vietnam dominates 5th ASG
(VOV) -Vietnam’s Pencak Silat martial artists on June 27 collected 13 gold medals from the total 22 golds at the ongoing 5th ASEAN School Games (ASG).
Other gold medals went to gymnast Dinh Phuong Thanh, who triumphed at the four boy’s events, namely horizontal bar, parallel bar, pommel horse and floor and his teammate Le Thanh Tung at the rings event.
The track-and-field team won four gold medals at the girl’s 4x100m relay, 400m hurdles, 5,000m walk and triple jump events.
With a total of 96 medals, including 49 golds, Vietnam is now placed first at the tournament.
Malaysia comes second with 75 medals (23 golds) followed by Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos, Brunei and the Philippines.
On the final day of competition (June 28) athletes will compete in five events, namely volleyball, basketball, sepak takraw, badminton and table tennis.