The swimming team of the Vietnamese delegation contributed 11 gold medals, setting six new records on June 6 - the 7th official day of the ASEAN Para Games 6.
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| Vietnamese swimmers prepare to finish at ASEAN Para Games 12. (Source: VNA) |
"Swiss fisherman" Trinh Thi Bich Nhu is the most impressive athlete when she scored a "hat-trick" gold medal.
In the water drop on the afternoon of June 7, Bich Nhu excellently finished first in the women's 6m freestyle in the S50-SB6 injury class, with a record of 5 seconds 37.
Her parameters surpassed the two Indonesian athletes who finished in the end, Siti Alfiah (won silver, with a time of 41 seconds 76) and Riyanti Riyanti (won bronze with a time of 42 seconds 62).
In the morning of the same day, Bich Nhu also won 2 gold medals with the records of 41 seconds 50 and 1 minute 51 seconds 77 respectively in two competitions in the content of 50m butterfly swimming class S6 and 100m breaststroke SB5 for women. women, and at the same time set 2 new records of the congress in these contents.
In addition to the gold medal in the 200m medley women's SM6 class won the day before, the veteran female athlete is wearing the TP. Ho Chi Minh has completed the "champion poker" at ASEAN Para Games 12.
Bich Nhu's teammate, "swiss fisherman" Vi Thi Hang also won the 4th gold medal at this congress in the women's 50m freestyle swim, class S7, with a record of 36 seconds 46, far behind the winner. The second is athlete Changtha Thoeun of the host country Cambodia (record 51 seconds 71).
In the morning of June 7, Vi Thi Hang also won gold in the 6m breaststroke content of SB100 with a record of 6 minute 1 seconds 51. She also set 41 new records of the Games in these events.
On the men's 50m freestyle race, S6 class, "fisherman" Le Tien Dat won gold when he finished the fastest (33 seconds 29). The silver medal was won by Filipino athlete Gary Adornado Bejino (33 seconds 49) and the bronze medalist was Aekkarin Noithat (Thailand) with a time of 34 seconds 25.
Thus, this is also the "double" of this athlete's gold medal, when on the morning of June 7, he also finished first and set a congress record in the men's 6m breaststroke content SB100 (5 minute 1 seconds 33). .
The other new record belongs to Pham Thanh Dat, when he entered the water in the 50m butterfly event in the S8-SB7 injury class with a record of 30 seconds 25.
In addition, in the list of athletes from the Vietnamese swimming team who entered their names in the "golden table" of the Games, there was also Nguyen Thi Sa Ri (female 100m breaststroke, SB4 class); Danh Hoa (men's 50m freestyle class S4-SB3) and the men's swimming team (including Vo Thanh Tung, Danh Hoa, Do Thanh Hai and Le Tien Dat) medley relay.
