Respect for the female swimmer over 70 years old who won the Da Nang sea swimming competition

On May 1, the 2025 Da Nang Open Water Swimming Championship Across The Summer Waves ended with exciting races, promoting the spirit of community sports training.

This is one of the cultural, sports and entertainment activities serving the people and tourists of the Da Nang Beach Tourism Season program organized by the Management Board of Son Tra Peninsula and Da Nang tourist beaches in coordination with other organizations.

Kính nể kình ngư nữ hơn 70 tuổi băng băng về nhất thi bơi vượt biển Đà Nẵng- Ảnh 1. — From dawn, the athletes returned to Da Nang beach.

From dawn on May 1, 247 swimmers gathered at Da Nang beach to compete, including many international tourists.

The contest aims to encourage sportsmanship, prevent drowning, promote the movement of training to improve health, love the sea and promote the image of Da Nang beach as dynamic, friendly, hospitable and diverse with attractive activities.

The competition includes a 1,000m freestyle swimming race for women (14 - under 40 years old and over 40 years old) and men (14 - 29 years old; 30 - 49 years old and over 50 years old).

The 2,500 m and 5,000 m distances include female (14 - under 40 years old and over 40 years old) and male (14 - 29 years old; 30 - 39 years old; 40 - 49 years old and over 50 years old) categories.

Among the competitors, although the ages of participants ranged from 14 to 69, there were many men and women over 70 years old. Ms. Pham Thi Toai (72 years old) was the oldest athlete. She won first prize in the 1,000 m event for women over 40 years old. The second and third place winners in this event were athlete Nguyen Thi Phuoc (50 years old) and athlete Tran Thi Kim Thanh (54 years old).

Notably, the above trio has a performance record that makes younger people respect when the 1,000m completion times of the 3 people are 25 minutes 54 seconds, 28 minutes 27 seconds and 34 minutes 32 seconds respectively.

Ms. Pham Thi Toai ranked 8th out of 38 male and female athletes of all ages in the 1,000m time table, far surpassing the achievements of many younger people. Ms. Toai is also the only female athlete in the top 10 rankings for male and female achievements in this distance.

Kính nể kình ngư nữ hơn 70 tuổi băng băng về nhất thi bơi vượt biển Đà Nẵng- Ảnh 2. — Athletes warm up with expert guidance

For the 1,000m distance for men over 50 years old, the two athletes who won first and second prizes were Mr. Dinh Ngoc Thuan (61 years old, time 26 minutes 2 seconds) and Hoang Khac Hung (66 years old, time 29 minutes 49 seconds).

According to the Management Board of Son Tra Peninsula and Da Nang tourist beaches, Ms. Toai's family, as well as many other elderly men and women who have achieved high results in the "Overcoming Summer Waves" sea swimming competition, all have the spirit of regular exercise and often play an inspirational role in the community sports movement.

Like Ms. Toai's daughter, she is also an athlete competing in high-intensity sports events such as the Ironman triathlon.

Ms. Toai and Pham Thi Ngoc Diep (14 years old) were awarded two inspirational prizes for the oldest and youngest athletes. Diep came second in the 1,000m event for women aged 14 to under 40.

Some pictures at the contest: