The former world runner-up edged past her Russian opponent, Galina Madvedeva, with a narrow score of 16-15 at the Serbia Open 2019 on October 27 to claim the title in a nail-biting fashion.

Truong Thi Kim Tuyen (in blue) is striving to accumulate points to secure a place in next year's Tokyo Olympics.

En route to the final match, Kim Tuyen blasted resounding wins over Suehada Gueler (Germany, 34-11), Vanesa Markova (Belarus, 19-5) and Arina Puchko (Russia, 13-6).

Earlier, at the Greece Open 2019 on October 20, the no. 1 Vietnamese taekwondo artist had also been convincing in her triumph, defeating host fighter Anthoula Sinani with a score of 24-22 in the title decider.

Kim Tuyen is among the Vietnamese athletes who receive focused investment towards booking a direct ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the latest World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) rankings, Tuyen ranks seventh in the women’s under-49kg division with 223.87 points, 50 points short of the Olympic berth (fifth place).

The aforementioned gold medals will add 20 points to Kim Tuyen’s world ranking, allowing her to continue fostering the dream of bringing Vietnamese taekwondo back to the Olympic arena in Tokyo next summer. There are two months remaining for the Vietnamese athlete to realise the goal within.

Vietnamese taekwondo has won just one Olympic medal thus far, thanks to Tran Hieu Ngan’s silver in Sydney 19 years ago.

Vietnam taekwondo wins first gold at martial arts mega event in RoK

Vietnam’s taekwondo team won the first gold medal at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships in the Republic of Korea during their first day of competition on September 1. 

Vietnam win four taekwondo world cup gold medals

Vietnamese martial artists bagged four gold medals at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championship held in China this week.

Vietnam win 35 golds at Asian Open Taekwondo Championship

Vietnamese martial artists have won 35 gold medals after three days of competition at the 2nd Asian Open Taekwondo Championship held in HCM City on August 17, the final day of competition.

Kim Tuyen wins gold at Asian Open Taekwondo Championship

Truong Thi Kim Tuyen, Vietnam's leading female martial artist, secured a gold medal following victory in the final round of the under-49kg category during the Asian Open Taekwondo Championship which took place at the Military Region 7 competition hall on August 16.

Asian Open Taekwondo Championship opens in HCM City

The 2nd Asian Open Taekwondo Championship kicked off at the Military Region 7 competition hall in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15.

Source: NDO