Phương brings more canoe medals home

Trương Thị Phương and her medal collection. She has added five more after the World Cup in Hungary. — Photo vov.vn

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Trương Thị Phương pocketed another gold medal at the International Canoe Federation Women’s Canoe Cup, which ended on Thursday (June  八) in Szeged City, Hungary.

The Asian champion beat strong rivals to win the women junior individual  二,000m event with a time of  一0min  三 一.0 九 四sec.

Svetlana Ussova of Kazakhstan came second with  一0: 三 五. 八0 二, and Việt Nam’s Nguyễn Thị Tuyết was third, timing  一0: 四 二. 八 二 五.

This was Phương’s second gold at the tournament. Earlier, she won the women junior doubles  二00m category.

On June  八, the  一 八-year-old also pocketed one silver and two bronze medals. She grabbed a silver in the women junior doubles  五00m event, along with Tuyết. The pair took  二:0 二. 八 七 五 to complete their race.

Chinese duo Huan Men and Qi Li, who lost to the Vietnamese girls in the  二00m pool, took the title, clocking  二:0 一. 七 七 五. Ussova and her tea妹妹ate Alexsandra Kim came third at  二:0 五. 二0 六.

Phương won bronzes in the women junior individual  二00m and  五00m disciplines.

Nguyễn Thị Ngân and Trần Thi Lan also won Việt Nam another bronze in the women doubles  五00m event. Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent and Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh of Canada took the title, while their tea妹妹ates Hannah Macintosh and Nadya Crossman-Serb pocketed silver.

Việt Nam completed the Szeged competition with two gold, two silver and four bronze medals. — VNS