[hue] Nu+~ lu+.c si~ Tran Hieu Ngan, Vietnam's first-ever Olympic medal -- RE: [vacets-gen] Yahoo....!!!
Bui, Hiep N.
hue - Mesg from "Bui, Hiep N." <HB...@FDIC.gov>
Hello,
Ca'm o+n Truye^`n DDa(ng dda.i su+! cu`ng anh Thanh.
Chu'c mu+`ng cu`ng nu+~ lu+.c si~ Tran Hieu Ngan!
Nga`y ho^m qua to^i nghe dda`i pha't thanh, no'i co' nu+o+'c Vie^.t Nam tham
du+. va` ddu+o+.c bie^'t the^' va^.n ho^.i la^`n na`y ra^'t co' i't lu+.c
si~ cu?a Vie^.t Nam tham du+..
Nghi~ ai, ngu+o+`i Vie^.t kho^ng kho?i ba^ng khua^ng cho ddu+o+.c... Ho?i
ta.i sao va` ta.i sao!
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vietnam won their first Olympic medal -- a silver --
after Tran Hieu Ngan fought her way into the final of the women's 57 kg
class
in taekwondo on Thursday but then lost to South Korea's Jung Jae-eun.
Tha^n,
Hie^.p hb...@fdic.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: Truye^`n DDa(ng [mailto:td...@saigon.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 12:14 PM
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[vacets-gen] - Mesg from "Truye^`n DDa(ng" <td...@saigon.com>
> It's a woman, and she won in Taekwondo :-)
>
> > Vietnam medallist's family stunned
> > HANOI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The family of
> Vietnam's Tran Hieu
> > Ngan were lost for words on Thursday when
> they learned she
> > had just secured Vietnam's first-ever Olympic
> medal.
> > As live television coverage of the Games has
> not been shown
> > in Vietnam, one of the world's poorer
> countries, Ngan's
> > fiance and oldest sister heard of her silver
> medal win in the
> > women's taekwondo from Reuters.
> > ``I'm delighted Ngan has proved herself and
> her strength in
> > the Olympic Games,'' said fiance Nguyen Phan
> Duy Phuong.
> > ``But even if I were to telephone her now, I
> would be speechless.''
> > Tran Hieu Tran, Ngan's eldest sister in her
> home town of Tuy
> > Hoa, a small fishing community on Vietnam's
> central coast
> > where the family runs a sweet shop, was also
> thrilled.
> > ``We are very moved. The family has been
> waiting to hear any
> > result Ngan could get. But I think Ngan and
> all of us in the
> > family don't want to make noise and show off.
>
> > ``I'm really happy to hear that, but I don't
> know what to say.''
> > Ngan lost the final of the women's 57 kg
> class on Thursday to
> > South Korea's Jung Jae-eun but had gone
> further than any
> > other athletes before her from her country of
> 79 million people.
> > Despite the defeat the exultant Ngan draped
> herself proudly
> > in her country's flag as she stood on the
> Olympic podium.
> > ``I feel this is such an honour, to be the
> first to receive
> > an Olympic medal for Vietnam,'' she said.
> ``I'd like to say
> > this is for my country and all the people
> there.''
> > Team officials declared she would return home
> as a hero.
> > Ngan will also pick up a small fortune,
> winning US$20,000
> > from a corporate sponsor and another $2,000
> from her Olympic
> > team for posting the first Olympic success
> since Vietnam
> > began competing in 1980.
> > Taekwondo, which is making its debut at the
> Sydney Games, is
> > an ancient martial art which resembles karate
> but focuses on
> > kicks with bare feet and is Korea's national
> sport.
> > Ngan took up taekwondo when she was 14 and
> won her first
> > national championship in 1994. She also won
> an Asian
> > tournament in 1998. Earlier this year she
> spent three months
> > training in South Korea.
> > ``I come from a very poor part of the
> country, in the rural
> > area, and children just fight together as
> part of their
> > games,'' she said. ``That's how we started to
> do taekwondo,
> > there was no other particular reason for
> doing it.''
> > She plans to put away some of her incentive
> money for the
> > future but to use the rest to help more
> children become
> > involved in the sport in Vietnam.
> >
-----Original Message-----
From: Lam, Thanh
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:50 AM
To: Tran, Jennifer; Nguyen, Son Nam; Nguyen, Chau; Nguyen, Giao; Bui,
Hiep N.; Pham, Toan V.; Ngo, Tam C.
Subject: Vietnam Wins Its First Olympic Medal
Thursday September 28 6:52 AM ET
Vietnam Wins Its First Olympic Medal
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vietnam won their first Olympic medal -- a silver --
after Tran Hieu Ngan fought her way into the final of the women's 57 kg
class
in taekwondo on Thursday but then lost to South Korea's Jung Jae-eun.
Jung dominated the final, winning 2-0.
Taekwondo, which is making its debut at the Sydney Games (news - web
sites), is an ancient martial art which resembles karate but focuses on
kicks
with bare feet and is Korea's national sport.
After Ngan won her semifinal match 9-6 against Virginia Lourens of the
Netherlands 9-6, guaranteeing Vietnam at least the silver, she
celebrated by
hugging her opponent, kissing the floor and jumping into the arms of her
coach.
Ngan, 26, is the fourth of eight children and comes from the small
fishing
town of Tuy Hoa, capital of the central coastal province of Phu Yen,
where
her family runs a sweet shop.
The town is about 350 km (220 miles) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.
Ngan, who was recently engaged, took up taekwondo when she was 14 and
won her first national championship in 1994. She also won an Asian
tournament in 1998.
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