Swimming won 6 gold medals, set a series of records

(HNMO) - On June 5, the next competition day at the 12th ASEAN Para Games, Vietnamese swimmers continued to compete well, winning 6 more gold medals and setting 5 new Para Games records for the Vietnamese delegation.

Vietnamese swimmers break 5 ASEAN Para Games records.

On today's competition day, Vietnamese para-swimmers competed in 13 events and won 11 more medals, including 6 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals, and set 5 new records.

In particular, athlete Danh Hoa (disability class S4) won a double gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle (breaking the record with 3 minutes 26 seconds 63) and the gold medal in the men's 50m breaststroke (breaking the record with 49 seconds 33). This is an extremely proud achievement for Danh Hoa as he created a relatively large gap compared to the runner-up.

In the men's 50m breaststroke event for the disabled SB5 category, with a record time of 41.86 seconds, Do Thanh Hai continued to win the gold medal. Meanwhile, in the same swimming event, athlete Le Tien Dat finished right after with 42.11 seconds, bringing home another silver medal for Vietnam.

In addition to the above gold medal, athlete Do Thanh Hai also competed in the men's 200m freestyle swimming event, S6 disability category, and brought home a bronze medal.

In the men's 100m backstroke event for the S7 disability category, athlete Nguyen Hoang Nha also set a new record at the ASEAN Para Games with a time of 1 minute 15 seconds 56, bringing home a gold medal for the national sports delegation.

Vo Huynh Anh Khoa continued to have a successful competition day after entering the competition, continuing to win 1 more gold medal in the men's 100m backstroke event, S8 disability category with a result of 1 minute 14 seconds 46.

Athlete Vo Thanh Tung also won 1 gold medal in the men's 50m butterfly event, disabled category S5, and 1 bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke event, disabled category S5.

Also on this competition day, athlete Nguyen Quang Vuong won 1 silver medal in the men's 50m breaststroke, disabled SB8 category, while athlete Hoang Thi My Le brought home 1 bronze medal in the women's 50m breaststroke, disabled SB8 category; athlete Ha Van Hiep won a silver medal in the men's 50m breaststroke, disabled SB3 category.

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