Dang Phuong Linh (center) won 2 gold medals for the Vietnamese delegation at Para Games 12. (Photo: Huynh Thao/VNA)
At the end of the first official competition day at ASEAN Para Games 12, the Vietnam Disabled People's Sports Delegation impressed with the "rain" of gold medals.
On June 4, the Vietnam Disabled Sports Delegation won a total of 6 Gold medals, 18 Silver medals and 16 Bronze medals.
Swimming team won 7 Gold medals, belonging to Vo Huynh Anh Khoa, Vi Thi Hang (2 Gold medals), Nguyen Van Hanh, Nguyen Thanh Trung, Vo Thanh Tung and the "Quartet" Vo Huynh Anh Khoa, Quach Van Vinh, Nguyen Ngoc Thiet and Nguyen Hoang Nha (4x100m freestyle).
The weightlifting team also contributed 3 gold medals, from athletes Dang Thi Linh Phuong, Le Van Cong and Nguyen Binh An (both won 2 gold medals).
The Athletics team also contributed 2 gold medals of Nguyen Thi Hai in the weightlifting and Tran Van Nguyen (javelin throwing).
At the end of the competition day, the Chess Team also brought home 3 more Gold medals (1 individual, 2 teammates).
This achievement helped the Vietnam Disabled People's Sports Delegation to rank 2nd on the 12th Para Games medal table.
The Indonesian Disabled Sports Delegation is currently leading the standings with 31 Gold medals, 27 Silver medals and 17 Bronze medals.
Thailand ranked 3rd with 15 gold medals, while the Philippines overtook Malaysia (5th place) to rise to fourth place with 9 gold medals.
The next positions respectively belong to the delegations Singapore, Myanmar, host Cambodia, Timor Leste, Laos and Brunei.
