Swimmer Nguyen Thanh Trung secures the first gold medal for Vietnam at the 3rd Asian Para Games in Indonesia after taking lead at the men’s 100m breaststroke event for SB4 category. (Photo: VNA)Jakarta (VNA) – Swimmer Nguyen Thanh Trung secured the firstgold medal for Vietnam at the 3rd Asian Para Games in Indonesia(INAPG 2018) after taking lead at the men’s 100m breaststrokeevent for athletes with disability category of SB4 on October 7.
“Coming to Indonesia for this tournament, I didn’tthink of winning a gold medal but only how to make my best efforts,” saidTrung.
“I am very happy to win the first gold medal for theVietnamese team and hopefully this will motivate the entire team to earn moremedals in the following days,” he added.
Later the same day, Vi Thi Hang also grabbed abronze medal for the country, finishing third at the women’s 50m freestyleevent for the S7 category.
Vu The Phiet, head of Vietnam’s INAPG 2018 team,said Trung’s success was expected by the team leaders as before thiscompetition, his results were better than the world’s records and even thosemade by himself at the Asian Para Games 2014.
It is also very encouraging when young swimmer Hang,who takes part in the games for the first time, has achieved such a goodresult, he noted.
The Asian Para Games, which follows the Asian Games(ASIAD) every four years, attracts athletes from 45 countries and territoriesin Asia this year.
The Vietnamese team comprises 75 members, including 52athletes who will compete in seven out of 18 sports, namely swimming, track andfield, weightlifting, chess, badminton, table tennis and judo.
At the previous Asian Para 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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