Tran Thi Thanh Thuy of Vietnam (centre) receives her kurash gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. (Photo courtesy Huu Binh)
Hanoi (VNA) -Bui Yen Ly secured the only gold medal of muaythai for Vietnam at the AsianIndoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) on September 21 in Turkmenistan.
The World Games’ reigning champion defeated Iranian Yavari Fatemech 30-27 inthe women’s 51kg category at the Muaythai Kickboxing Arena on thelast day of the event.
Ly got a bye in the first round. She then beat Tarapen Carissa from thePhilippines in the quarter-finals and Gwa Weiying Cheryl of Singapore inthe last-four round, all with a result of 30-27.
Ly is a Hanoi athlete. She first rose to prominence on winning a gold medal atthe 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar.
The 22-year-old then won the Asian Beach Games in 2016 and the World Games inPoland some months ago.
In a later final, Vietnamese Truong Thi Hong Nga snatched a silver medal in thewomen’s 63.5kg category, losing to Wankrue Janejira of Thailand.
Earlier, Vietnam’s greatest hope, Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat, the seven-time worldchampion, unexpectedly lost in the men’s 61kg quarter-finals on September 20.
Earlier, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy brought home the fourth gold medal at the AIMAGlate on September 20.
The 20-year-old emerged victorious in the women’s over-87kg category afterbeating Anna Dmitriyewa of the host country 5-0 in the finalmatch.
This is the second time that a kurash athlete of Vietnam won a gold at theAIMAG. Four years ago, Van Ngoc Tu grabbed the gold in the women’s 48kgin the Republic of Korea.
By late September 21, Vietnam had bagged five golds in muaythai,track-and-field, weightlifting and kurash.
Turkmenistan, Iran and Thailand secured the top threepositions, respectively.-VNA
The fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) kicked off in Turkmenistan’s capital city of Ashgabat on September 17 where Vietnam aims to rank between the 13th and the 15th place in the medal standings.
Vietnam won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals on the first day of the ongoing fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 2017) in Turkmenistan on September 18.
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Tran Thi Thanh Thuy of Vietnam (centre) receives her kurash gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. (Photo courtesy Huu Binh) 
