Female candidate Hoang Thi Duyen has no opponent at SEA Games 31

Entering the competition with the mentality of a champion, Duyen was quite comfortable and chose a starting weight of 90 kg for the jerk competition. Right from the first time doing the content of the jump, Duyen has successfully completed this level of achievement. The next weights are the journey of conquering herself by Hoang Thi Duyen alone. She continued to choose a weight of 93kg for the second time and 96kg for the third time, thereby breaking her own record set 3 years ago, with a better achievement of 1 kg. The audience in the stadium burst into tears at Duyen’s performance.

Champion Hoang Thi Duyen won gold and broke the SEA Games record in the women’s 59kg weight category (Photo: Dung Phuong)

In the push competition, the Lao Cai people chose a starting weight of 108 kg. The success this time helped Duyen firmly hold the gold medal, because the gap with Thai candidate Sirikaew Pimsiri has reached 10 kg in the general election.

With such a great advantage, the training board registered Duyen 113 kg and 116 kg in the next two times, the last of which was to break the SEA Games record. However, Duyen did not do it successfully.

Completing the jerk and push competitions in the women’s 59kg event, the contestant Hoang Thi Duyen successfully performed the total weight of 204kg, successfully defending the SEA Games gold medal in the women’s 59kg weight category at the Games at home. .

The silver medal belongs to Thai athlete Sirikaew Pimsiri with a total weight of 196kg. Bronze medal belongs to Myanmar bodyguard Ta Boe Yar Naw with a total weight of 191kg.

Share with the media about the achievement she has just won, Hoang Thi Duyen happily said: I am very happy and happy. This is a special SEA Games when it comes to having my whole family and fans come to cheer and encourage me to compete. If I hadn’t been injured, perhaps my performance would have been better, winning a gold medal in my hometown is very valuable and meaningful, but I still have a feeling of regret because I could have done better to conquer. themselves, surpassing themselves, towards major international playgrounds in the coming time.

Being able to witness her daughter’s competition directly, Mrs. Lu Thi Giau, the mother of the city, Hoang Thi Duyen, touched to share: To cheer for her daughter, my whole family got up at 5 am and went with the bus of the Lao Cai delegation. to Hanoi. This is the first time I have witnessed Duyen compete in the SEA Games arena. I am very proud, proud when Duyen won the gold medal for the Vietnamese delegation.

Thus, after two days of competition in Weightlifting, the Vietnamese athletes brought home two gold medals of Lai Gia Thanh (men’s 55kg weight class), Hoang Thi Duyen (59kg women’s); 2 silver medals of two female athletes Khong My Phuong (women’s 45kg weight class), Pham Dinh Thi (female 49kg weight class); 2 bronze medals of athletes Nguyen Ngoc Trung (men’s 61kg weight class), Dinh Xuan Hoang (men’s 67kg weight class).

The goal of winning at least 2 Gold Medals of Vietnamese weightlifting was soon achieved, while the weightlifting subject at SEA Games 31 still has 2 days of competition on May 21 and 22 with the participation of one more “hope”. “golden hope” Pham Thi Hong Thanh (women’s 64 kg weight class).

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