Asian Para Games 2018: Swimmer brings home another gold

Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung pocketed his second gold medal on October 9 at the ongoing Asian Para Games 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Asian Para Games 2018: Swimmer brings home another gold ảnh 1Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung celebrates his gold medal at the medal podium (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung pocketed his second gold medal onOctober 9 at the ongoing Asian Para Games 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Tungtriumphed at the men’s 50 butterfly event for athletes with disability category of S2-S6 within 1:17"02, followedby swimmers from Malaysia and host Indonesia.

With thisresult, he also broke the current Asian record of 1:17”68.

Previously, he won a gold medal forVietnam after finishing the men’s 50m backstroke S5 within 38’50’’ on October8, the second gold medal that Vietnamese swimmers had bagged at the games.

On October 7, swimmerNguyen Thanh Trung secured the first gold medal for Vietnam after taking leadat the men’s 100m breaststroke event for athletes with disability category ofSB4.

Tung isamong the golden hopes of Vietnam at the continental sporting event forathletes with disabilities. At the previous Games, he earned five out of thetotal nine gold medals for the Vietnamese team.

As of 10:00am ofOctober 9, the Vietnamese delegation had won four gold, one silver, and sixbronze medals, ranking seventh in the medal tally.

At the previous AsianPara Games in 2014, Vietnam won nine gold, seven silver, and 13 bronze medals,finishing 10th in the overall medal tally. –VNA
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