Vietnam taekwondo artists win gold medals at Canada Open
Vietnam brought home four gold medals from the Canada Open taekwondo tournament, which closed on October 1 in Montreal.
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Uyen bagged the first medal in the junior female poomsae (performance) category, defeating Justina Yu who came second and Rose Lagran who was third, both from the host nation.
Uyen then won her second title when pairing with Duy to top the junior pair poomsae category.
Yu and Brian Lam came second and Yerim Jeong and Daniel Lee of the United States finished third. They also triumphed in the freestyle poomsae pair event.
Duy then grabbed a gold medal in the male U17 individual freestyle poomsae.
The Vietnamese athletes are the reigning world and Asia champions of their categories.