SEA Games 33: Swimming, taekwondo, MMA, canoing on display

On December 10, the first official competition day of the 33rd SEA Games, a series of key sports took part, including: Swimming, Taekwondo, MMA (mixed martial arts), tennis, basketball, Jujitsu, mountain biking...

Hung Nguyen is expected to be the "first medal winner" for Vietnamese sports at the 33rd SEA Games. Photo: TTVN

Swimming has a series of events such as men's 100m backstroke, men's 100m freestyle, women's 200m butterfly, men's 200m individual medley, women's 50m breaststroke and women's 4x100m freestyle relay. All of them ended on the same day, meaning the hope of bringing home the first gold medal for the Vietnamese delegation. Vietnam has high expectations for the men's 100m backstroke, men's 100m freestyle and especially the men's 200m individual medley.

In the 200m individual medley, Tran Hung Nguyen is virtually unrivaled in the region. Since his breakout performance at the 2019 SEA Games, he has won the gold medal in this event in three consecutive SEA Games and continues to be considered the top contender.

Canoeing is also the hope to bring the first gold medal for Vietnam. Photo: TTVN

Besides swimming, badminton, chess, canoeing, esports, jujitsu, petanque, taekwondo, cycling, and woodball also have medal events on December 10-12. Among these, canoeing is the most anticipated sport. At the 31st SEA Games, Vietnam won 8 gold medals out of 19 events.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/sea-games-33-boi-loi-taekwondo-mma-canoing-xuat-tran-726259.html