Vietnamese gymnasts conquer the world: gold for Xuan Thien in Bulgaria!
Vietnamese gymnasts conquer the world: gold for Xuan Thien in Bulgaria!
Varna, Bulgarien - The Vietnamese gymnastics team achieved impressive success at the 2025 gymnastics championship in Bulgaria, which took place from May 8th to 11th. Particularly noteworthy is the athlete Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien, who won the gold medal in the side horse competition. Thien scored with a total number of 14,266 points, which consisted of a difficulty (D-score) of 5.9 and an execution assessment (E-score) of 8,366, the first place and thus secured Vietnam's first gold medal in the World Cup system since 2018. Nguyen van Khanh Phong was also able to draw attention to himself with a silver medal.
During the competition, Thien showed an outstanding performance with a perfect landing in the qualification run, which earned him an e-score of 8,950 and a total of 14,850 points-the highest number of points that was achieved in a big tournament worldwide in 2025. This was a clear difference to his performance in the final, where he had difficulty landing and lost about 0.3 points. Despite this error, it was enough for Thien to leave Lee Chih Kai from Taiwan and Zeinolla Idrissov from Kazakhstan, who achieved D scores from 5.8 and 5.7. Thien won with only 0.033 points.outlook for future competitions
The Vietnamese sports administration has already developed ambitious plans for the 33rd Southeast Asia Games (Sea Games 33), in which the aim is to win two to three gold medals in gymnastics. However, the competition is strong, especially from the teams from Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia. After the World Challenge Cup, the team will continue to train and take part in significant tournaments, including the Asia Championship in Korea in June 2025 and the World Cup in Indonesia in October 2025.
Another promising athlete is Dinh Phuong Thanh, who has chances of a medal in the barren competition, although the competition should also be underestimated here either. In order to secure future successes, the Vietnamese sports administration is planning to send young talents abroad for long -term training.
summarized, the recent success of Thien and the Vietnamese gymnastics team shows that the continuous support and targeted investments in competitive sports bear fruit. In view of this positive development, Vietnam will look at the upcoming international competitions with great expectation.
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