Vietnam win four golds at Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports champs
Vietnamese athletes will bring home four golds from the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship after their strong success in the Maldives.
Dinh Kim Loan wins gold at the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in the Maldives. (Photo tienphong.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — Vietnamese athletes will bring homefour golds from the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship aftertheir strong success in the Maldives.
SEA Games champion Dinh Kim Loan won gold in the women’s 30-40 year-old categoryon July 19.
The An Giang province-born athlete added one more continental championshipto her collection, in addition to two world titles and seven Asianchampionships.
In the mixed doubles event, Bui Thi Thoa and Tran Hoang Duy Thuan also won goldwith a highly visual performance combining acrobatics, circus and gymnastics.This was the performance that helped the two athletes from HCM City wingold at the SEA Games 31 at home.
In addition, K’Tuyen won gold in the junior event and Nguyen Thi Kim Cương wonone gold and two silvers in fitness.
They weren't the only Vietnamese representatives to shine at the Asian event;Ton Hoang Khanh Lan won a bronze medal in the women’s 50kgbodybuilding, Nguyen Van Quang also secured bronze in men’s bodybuilding45-49 year-old category, and Tran Bao Quoc Vuong's bronze came in themen’s 65kg. Nguyen Thi Cam Tu earned three silvers and one bronze for women'sand mixed doubles.
However, gold medal hopeful Pham Van Mach could only manage a bronze in themen’s 55kg category.
Mach is one of the best bodybuilders in Vietnam. The An Giang province-bornathlete grabbed five world championship titles, in 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014 and2017. He has also triumphed in the continental competition eight times, takingseven titles in a row from 2004 to 2012, and another in 2014.
Vietnam sent nine athletes from the national team and many athletes fromprovincial teams to compete in the Asian event, which attracted 323 athletes from24 nations and territories./.
Vietnam reaped a total of five gold medals among the 10 bodybuilding categories at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) after competitions of this sport wrapped up on May 15.
SEA Games champion Pham Van Mach is targeting a gold medal in his return to the 54th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship next month in the Maldives.
It is the first time that the country is to hold a G1-level tournament which is expected to lure more than 100 athletes of 15 countries and regions at Go Vap Gymnasium.
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For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Dinh Kim Loan wins gold at the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in the Maldives. (Photo tienphong.vn) 
