Tran Hung Nguyen "opens" gold medal for Vietnamese swimming at SEA Games 32

In the men's 200m individual medley qualifying round this morning, Hung Nguyen only ranked fourth with a time of 2 minutes 7 seconds 18, this result is even worse than his teammate Nguyen Quang Thuan (younger brother of Nguyen Thi Anh Vien) 2 minutes 5 seconds 95, second place in the qualifying round.

Hung Nguyen competed excellently in the final swimming round.

However, when entering the final round, the 20-year-old Vietnamese swimmer performed excellently, finishing first with a time of 2 minutes 1 second 28, nearly 1 minute ahead of the runner-up Dulyawat Kaewsriyong (Thailand, 2 minutes 2 seconds 25) and Ian Tan (Singapore) with 2 minutes 2 seconds 42, placing third. Meanwhile, Quang Thuan only finished fourth with a time of 2 minutes 3 seconds 15.

The organizers awarded medals to the top 3 athletes.

Thus, Hung Nguyen has become the first swimmer to "open" the gold medal for Vietnamese swimming at the 32nd SEA Games. This achievement also helps the swimmer from Quang Binh defend his gold medal at the 31st SEA Games. At the previous SEA Games, Hung Nguyen's gold medal was 2 minutes 1 second 22.

Sharing after successfully defending the SEA Games gold medal, Hung Nguyen said: "I am very happy to have conquered myself to bring home the first gold medal for Vietnamese swimming at this year's SEA Games. To win this gold medal, I conquered myself. Although that achievement was not the best, I conquered myself. I would like to thank my teachers and teammates who have always been by my side in all circumstances. Even though there were times when I was injured, everyone still believed in me, motivated me, always accompanied me, and encouraged me anytime, anywhere."

Hung Nguyen "opens" the gold medal for Vietnamese swimming at SEA Games 32

Also in swimming, swimmer Jeremie Loic Nino Luong finished third in the men's 100m freestyle final with a time of 49.69 seconds, bringing home another bronze medal for Vietnamese swimming today. Swimmer Vo Thi My Tien finished fifth in the women's 200m butterfly final with a time of 2 minutes 18 seconds 18. Meanwhile, swimmers Cao Van Dung and Mai Tran Tuan Anh finished sixth and seventh respectively in the men's 100m backstroke final, Nguyen Thuy Hien finished sixth in the women's 50m breaststroke final, and the women's 4x100m freestyle relay team was not included in the final.

At the end of the first day of competition, Vietnamese swimming won 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal.

THAI AN; photo: TAM NINH

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