Laos bags the first 2 gold medals from petanque in 24th SEA GAMES

Laos captured its first medals of the Games by winning gold in both the men's and women's shooting petanque in the 24th SEA GAMES in Korat, Thailand.
They are VATHANXAY KHAMPHAVONG and CHANCHAMONE VONGSAVATH from Vientiane and Champasak province.
Miss Vongsavath (18) is a young woman from Champasak province that makes her debut at the SEA GAMES for the first time. Back to the last SEA Games in 2005 in the Philippines, the Lao petanque team walked away with 2 gold medals, but all from the men's single and team events.