Hue’s junior wrestler team receives the third prize for team (Photo by Dinh Kien)
At the tournament, wrestlers competed at 120 sets of medals through weight categories: 55kg, 60kg, 63kg, 67kg, and 72kg, among which, Thua Thien Hue team had 7 wrestlers to compete at men’s and women’s freestyle wrestling.
After 1 week of competition, the wrestlers of Hue Ancient Capital won 5 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 7 bronze medals, and ranked 3rd for the women’s freestyle content with both age ranges of 18-20 and 16-17.
Among the 5 gold medals, apart from wrestler My Linh, who won 2 golds, wrestlers Pham Thi Hang, Pham Phuoc Rin and My Trang won 1 gold medal each.
According to Coach Dinh Van Kien, this was a successful season and at the same time marked a considerable progress of the junior wrestlers of Thua Thien Hue province because in this tournament last year, the team only won 1 gold medal and 2 bronze medals.
By Han Dang