Sea Games from Vietnam

WHALE OF A TIME..........JIMMY WONG OF SABAH SPLASHING
HIS WAY IN 200M BUTTRERFLY


VIETNAM DEFENDER NGUYEN DUC THANG (LEFT)
CLEAR THE BALL AGAINST MALAYSIAN STRIKER
AZMAN ADNAN DURING MATCH AT SENAYAN
STADIUM. MALAYSIA WON 1-0.

Female fencers eye two gold medals

Vietnamese female fencers have set to win two gold medals at the forthcoming 24th SEA Games in Thailand in December as they did at the 23rd SEA Games.

Phung Le Quang, head of the Fencing Division, was quoted by the Vietnam News Agency as saying that high hopes for gold medals were pinned on sabre.

The sabre is now dominated by Nguyen Thi Le Dung, Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu, and Nguyen Thi Thuy Chung, who are highly rated fencers in Southeast Asia.

At the 23rd SEA Games, Vietnamese sabre fencers brought home two gold medals in individual and team events. To help them prepare for the 24th SEA Games, key sabre players have participated in the Grand Prix China, the Grand Prix Hanoi, the Asian Championship in China and the Asian Junior Tournament in Kazakhstan.

Mr Quang also noted that the chance for gold medal in sabre at the 24th SEA Games was shared equally between both individual and team events.

The Vietnamese fencer team thrashed Thailand 45-14 at the Women’s Sabre Grand Prix 2006.