At the 32nd SEA Games, host Cambodia decided to include 3 sports with national identity, namely snail chess, kun khmer and kun bokator. On the eve of the Congress, these subjects, which are considered strengths, are expected to help the host country “earn gold” here.
However, after officially entering the competition, snail chess is no longer a “closet sport” of Cambodia. In this subject, Thailand ranked first in the group, then Vietnam and third was the host Cambodia.
Specifically, the Thai snail flag took the lead with 4 gold medals, Vietnam won 2 gold medals, 1 silver and 7 bronze medals, while the host Cambodia got only 1 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze.
The Thai snail flag surpassed Cambodia to rank first in achievements at the 32nd SEA Games. Photo: Zing
And after completing the contents of the Ouk Chaktrang competition at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia, Thailand has made a remarkable decision. According to information from the sheet Khmer Times Recently, Thailand has committed to include Cambodia’s snail flag in the list of sports competitions at the 33rd SEA Games hosted by this country in 2025.
Accordingly, the Thai Chess Association – Sahapol Nakvanich revealed to reporters on May 9: “I will urge the National Olympic Committee of Thailand to include chess (or Khmer chess and Myanmar chess) in SEA Games 33 because they are similar in Southeast Asia,”.
In addition, Sahapol Nakvanich emphasized that it is essential to strengthen the relationship between people and people and nations.
The Vietnamese snail flag successfully competed at the 32nd SEA Games.
At the 32nd SEA Games, about 100 athletes from seven countries including hosts Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia and Laos competed in snail chess.
This is not a strong subject of Vietnam. Accordingly, the players of the Vietnamese snail chess team participating in the 32nd SEA Games all came from chess and only had a short time to get used to this new subject. Therefore, the achievement of the above achievement is very remarkable for the Vietnamese snail chess team.
