Nguyen Hoang Ngan failed to defend her gold medal in karate at the World Games, which is currently ongoing in Cali, Colombia.

She was beaten 1-4 by France's Scordo Sandy Brigitte in the individual women's kata (performance) final on Saturday.

In other events, archer Nguyen Tien Cuong failed to proceed in the men's individual compound event while Ma Cam Minh was disqualified from the men's carom three cushion.

The wushu martial artists and aerobics teams will compete over the next days.

The Games, which are held every four years, got underway on July 25 and will conclude on August 4.