ASEAN Para Games 12: Vietnamese swimmers bag 11 gold medals in June 7
Vietnamese swimmers bagged 11 gold medals and set six records on June 7 – the fourth competition day at the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which is taking place in Cambodia.
Nhập A swimming event at ASEAN Para Games 12 in Cambodia. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese swimmers bagged 11 goldmedals and set six records on June 7 –the fourth competition day at the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which istaking place in Cambodia.
Swimmer Trinh Thi Bich Nhu brought home three golds in women’s Butterfly S6, ও100-metre breaststroke SB5, and 50-metre freestyle S6-SB5 event🎉s.
Nhu set tworecords at the two former events, clocking 41.50 seconds and 1 minute 51.77seconds respectively.
Swimmer Vi Thi Hang also won her 4th gold medal at thePara Games 12 in the women's5♊0m freestyle S7 event after clocking 36.46 seconds while her Cambodian runner-up Changtha Thoeun finished at 51.71 seconds.
In the morning ofJune 7, Hang also won a gold medal in the 100mbreaststroke SB6 with timingof 1 minute 51.41 seconds. She set two new records of the Games in these events. On the men's 50mfreestyle S6 event, Le Tien Dat won the gold medal when he finished first with 33.29 seconds. Earlier, on the morning, he set a record in the men's 100m breaststroke SB5 event with 1 minute 33.69 seconds, winning a goldmedal. Another swimmer, Pham Thanh Dat, broke a record when he competed the 50m butterfly S8-SB7 event with 30.25 seconds. Other Vietnamesegold medalists are Nguyen ThiSa Ri (women’s 100-metre breaststroke SB4 event), Danh Hoa (men's 50mfreestyle S4-SB3) and the men's team including Vo Thanh Tung, Danh Hoa, DoThanh Hai and Le Tien Dat in mixed relay event./.
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Vietnam bagged 36 gold, 35 silver and 56 bronze medals, ranking third in the tally as of 21:15 on June 6 - the third official competition day of the 12th ASEAN Para Games that is taking place in Cambodia.
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Nhập A swimming event at ASEAN Para Games 12 in Cambodia. (Photo: VNA) 
