Vietnam win gold, silver in 1-cushion carom billiards

Vietnam’s Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu and Pham Quoc Tuan have won gold and silver medals in the 1-cushion carom billiards event at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu (Photo: VNA)
Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu (Photo: VNA)

The finals were rescheduled after Tuan tested positive for coronavirus one day earlier.

In line with regulations, Tuan could not participate in the final. As a result, he got the silver medal and his Vietnamese teammate bagged gold.

Two bronze medals went to Efren Reyes and Francisco Dela Cruz of the Philippines.

Also on May 19, a series of billiards matches have been scheduled, including the semi-final of the English Billiards 100 up between the Vietnamese pair Nguyen Thanh Binh - Tran Le Anh Tuan and their Myanmar opponents Min Sithu Tun - Pauk Sa; and the quarter-final of 3-cushion carom between Tran Quyet Chien of Vietnam and Efren Reyes of the Philippines.