MYANMAR selected athletes are still competing in the sports events of the XXXI SEA Games in Viet Nam.

In the Petanque competitions, Myanmar athlete Khin Cherry Thet won a gold medal which was the second gold for Myanmar, and the bronze medal was won by Petanque athlete Maung Win Thurein Tun yesterday.

Afterwards, the finals of the Kurash competitions were held at the Hoai Duc Gymnasium. Ma Phyo Swe Zin Kyaw won the silver medal for Myanmar in the women’s 70kg event, and Maung Soe Myint Tun won the bronze medal in the men’s 73kg event.

Ma Shwe Zin Latt and Ma Nilar Win won a bronze medal in the Women’s Rowing Competitions while Maung Kyaw Min Than secured a bronze medal in the 55kg body-building sport.

The men’s and women’s Petanque competitions of the 31st Southeast Asian Games hosted by Viet Nam are being held at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi, Viet Nam, yesterday. Chairman of the Myanmar Olympic Committee Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs U Min Thein Zan, together with the Director-General of the Department of Sports and Physical Education and officials, and Myanmar sports teams, attended and supported the competitions.

MNA

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