Vietnamese athletes win first two Pencak Silat golds at 13th ASEAN School Games
Vietnam's Pencak Silat athletes on June 4 won two gold medals in Seni events (performance) at the ongoing 13th ASEAN School Games (ASG) in the central city of Da Nang.
Female athlete Hoang Linh Dan earned the first gold medal in the women’s Seni event while Nguyen Thanh Long won the gold medal in the men’s Seni category.
At the 13th ASG, Pencak Silat competitions are taking place from June 3-6, with 16 events including Tanding (combat) and Seni (performance) of men and women in different weight classes.
Themed “Connect to shine together”, the 13th ASG gathers more than 1,300 students and coaches from 10 countries in the region, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Games is taking place from May 29 to June 6 with six sports, namely swimming, basketball, badminton, track and field, Pencak Silat, and Vovinam. The Vietnamese team has 190 athletes participating in all sports.
