SEA Games 33, December 10-12: My Tien, Quang Thuan, and Hung Nguyen advance to the finals.

Swimmers My Tien, Quang Thuan, and Hung Nguyen have completed the qualifying round to earn their places in the final.

Vo Thi My Tien won the right to enter the final of the 200m butterfly event - Photo: NAM TRAN

9:24, My Tien won the right to enter the final

Swimmer Vo Thi My Tien successfully completed the 200m butterfly qualifying round with a time of 2 minutes 16.24 seconds, placing third overall. This result helped My Tien qualify for the final round to compete for a medal.

MATCH DAY INFORMATION 10-12

Competition schedule of the Vietnamese sports delegation on December 10 - Graphics: AN BINH

This is the first official competition day of the 33rd SEA Games, Vietnamese athletes will compete in 14 sports. Among them are many strong sports, which have brought many gold medals to Vietnam in previous SEA Games. The most anticipated are canoeing and taekwondo, which will compete at 9am.

The canoeing team will compete with athletes: Pham Hong Quan in the men's single canoeing 500m and the women's double canoeing 500m (Nguyen Thi Huong, Diep Thi Huong), and the mixed 4-scull 500m (Hoang Duy, Mai Hanh, Hoang Thi Huong, Thanh Danh). The most anticipated is the duo Nguyen Thi Huong and Diep Thi Huong.

With a series of poomsae finals taking place as early as 9am, taekwondo is likely to become the sport that opens the medal race, even the gold medal, for Vietnam at the 33rd SEA Games.

Some notable names include: Nguyen Trong Phuc and Nguyen Thi Kim Ha in mixed doubles; Pham Quoc Viet, Nguyen Thien Phung, Nguyen Trong Phuc in men's team; or Le Ngoc Han, Le Tran Kim Uyen and Nguyen Thi Kim Ha in women's team...

In addition, cycling also took place the finals of the men's and women's mountain bike events. According to the registration of the coaching board of the Vietnam mountain bike team, cyclist Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang is the pioneer for the downhill mountain bike event. She is expected to cause a surprise.

Swimming will also have a qualifying round in the morning with the participation of many Vietnamese swimmers such as: Quang Thuan, Hung Nguyen, My Tien, Nguyen Quoc, Luong Jeremie Loic Nino... If they compete well, the Vietnamese swimmers will compete in the final round for medals on the evening of December 10. The Vietnamese swimming team has set a goal of winning a gold medal on the first day.

One of the notable figures in Vietnamese swimming is Nguyen Quang Thuan, the younger brother of former renowned swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien. In the 200m individual medley event held on the first official day of competition at the SEA Games, Nguyen Quang Thuan is one of the top contenders for the gold medal.

QUOC THANG - HOAI DU - TAN PHUC

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