3rd Asian Indoor Games
Hanoi (VIE), October 30 – November 8, 2009
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, November 5, 2009: The 3rd Asian Indoor Games currently going on in Hanoi (VIE) feature Aerobic Gymnastics as one of the 27 sports on the programme. Qualifying rounds in Men’s and Women’s Individual as well as in the Mixed Pair and Trio categories took place on November 1 and 2, followed by the Finals on Tuesday. The events were staged at the Haiphong Gymnasium, located 100 km from the country’s capital Hanoi.
Asian Indoor Games
Coordinated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the Asian Games, with their Winter, Indoor, Beach, Martial Art and Youth Games variants, each feature a different conceptual backdrop for their traditional and popular sports.
The Asian Indoor Games (AIG) is a multi-sport spin-off on the Asian Games created by the OCA. The first Games were held in Bangkok (THA) in 2005 and athletes from all over the Asian continent competed. These Games were developed with the aim of providing a place to compete and engage in sports that are not recognised as Olympic.
The AIG is an indoor sporting event held every two years and has become a well-known playground on both the Asian continent and around the world. Vietnam is hosting the 3rd and final AIG event this year before it merges with the Asian Martial Art Games.
The 3rd Asian Indoor Games boast a total of 2,400 athletes from 43 different countries in what is the continent’s biggest indoor sporting event this year.
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Aerobic Gymnastics at the AIG
The President of the Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU) Mr Abdulrahman Al-Shathri attended the Opening Ceremony of the Aerobic Gymnastics competitions in Hai Phong, along with representatives of AGU affiliated federations such us Mr Sawat Sopa, President of the South East Asian Gymnastics Zone and President of Thailand Gymnastics Association; Mr Morinari Watanabe, Secretary General of the Japan Gymnastics Association and Mr Shanmugarajah, Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Gymnastics Federation.
The first competition day featured Qualifications in Men’s Individual and Mixed Pairs, while the Women’s Individual and Trio preliminaries were held on the second day. A total of eight countries participated in the Aerobic events: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Korea, Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam.
In the Finals, host Vietnam collected one Gold (Mixed Pair) and one Silver (Trio), while China bagged a Gold in both Individual categories and the Trio competition. The other medals went to Korea (Silver Men’s Individual and Mixed Pair; Bronze Women’s Individual and Trio) and Thailand (Silver Women’s Individual; Bronze Men’s Individual and Mixed Pair).
A real home crowd pleaser, Vietnamese Vu Ba Dong and Tran Thu Ha brought home Gold in Mixed Pair from the Hai Phong Gymnasium; 20.875 points and the lead in the artistic and execution categories. They defeated South Korea’s Kyung Ho-lee and Yeonsun Park and Thailand’s Nattawut Pimpa and Roypim Ngampeerapong with 20.200 points and 20.125 points, respectively. Two years ago this Pair triumphed at the 24th Southeast Asian Games’ Aerobic Gymnastics competition in Nakhon Ratchasima (THA).
Dong and Ha continued to compete with Nguyen Tien Phuong in the Trio round for a Silver-winning 20.889 points behind China, who scored 21.250. The Bronze medal went to South Korea with 20.000 points.
In the Men’s Individual category, China’s Zhou Xiao Feng outclassed seven contenders for the Gold; 20.500 points. Jong Kun Song of South Korea tied with the same number of points overall, but a lower artistic score put him in second place. Third was Nattawut Pimpa of Thailand with 20.100 points. Vietnamese Tien Phuong gained second place in the qualifying round but managed a mere fourth in the Final.
With the close of the last medal ceremony, AGU President Abdulrahman Alshathri paid tribute to Vietnam Gymnastics Federation President Chien Thang Tran, Vice-President Nguyen Kim Lan and to the President of the FIG Aerobic Gymnastics TC, Tammy Yagi-Kitagawa (JPN), for their commitment to making this a successful Aerobic Gymnastics event all around.
Results
Men’s Individual
Gold - Zhou Xiao Feng (CHN) 20.500 pts
Silver - Song Jong-Kun (KOR) 20.500 pts
Bronze - Pimpa Nattawut (THA) 20.100 pts
4 - Nguyen Tien Phuong (VIE) 19.700 pts
5 - Yodho Firdaus Hendry (INA) 17.200 pts
6 - Ganbold Narankhuu (MGL) 16.900 pts
7 - Veas Sarith (CAM) 16.550 pts
8 - Mayank Jain (IND) 15.550 pts
Women’s Individual
Gold - Jin Xuan Huang (CHN) 20.850 pts
Silver - Roypim Ngampeerapong (THA) 20.400 pts
Bronze - Hyun Kyung Shin (KOR) 20.200 pts
4 - Phuong Thanh Nguyen (VIE) 19.450 pts
5 - Citra Resita (INA) 17.250 pts
6 - Kaur Manpreet (IND) 16.150 pts
Mixed Pair
Gold - Vu Ba Dong + Tran Thi Thu Ha (VIE) 20.875 pts
Silver - Park Yeon Sun + Lee Kyung Ho (KOR) 20.200 pts
Bronze - Pimpa Naitawut + Ngampeerapong Roypim (THA) 20.125 pts
4 - Pirussia Detia + Sumarta Elip (INA) 15.700 pts
5 - Manpreet Kaur + Manvinder Singh (IND) 15.700 pts
Trio
Gold - Tao Le + Cho Lei + Liu Chao (CHN) 21.250 pts
Silver - Tien Phuong + Ba Dong + Thu Ha (VIE) 20.889 pts
Bronze - Cho Won Ho + Hwang In Chan + Kim Guon-Taek (KOR) 20.000 pts
4 - Sum Srorn + Veas Sarith + Sor Sopheng (CAM) 18.350 pts
5 - Puttisiriroj + Butsathon + Kettuluck (THA) 17.871 pts
6 - Ganbold + Enkhsaikhan + Battogtokh (MGL) 16.400 pts
7 - Manvinder Singh + Jasharn Singh + Mayank Singh (IND) 16.300 pts
8 - Anggraini + Julianto Eko + Mufid Arif (INA) 15.700 pts
Podium Trio
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