Despite their physical challenges, Vietnamese athletes with disabilities have striven with outstanding efforts and gained remarkable results at regional and international arenas over the years, bringing glory to the nation.
VKFrontier Co., a cosmetics company of the Republic of Korea, has announced its a sponsor package worth 12,000 USD for Vietnamese athletes who will compete at the upcoming 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, which begin in October.
Vietnamese athletes on December 5 earned two more silver medals at the ongoing World Para Powerlifting Championships and World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City.
Vietnam earned one silver and one bronze medals in the women’s and men’s 100m breaststroke SB5 at the World Para Swimming Championships 2017 in Mexico City on December 3.
Vietnamese athlete Vo Thanh Tung brought home the first bronze in the men’s 100m freestyle-S5 with a time of 1’19.56” at the World Para Swimming Championships 2017 opened in Mexico City on December 2.
Vietnam’s disabled athletes failed to perform at their best in swimming and powerlifting on the second day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, September 9 (Brazil time).
Power-lifter Le Van Cong has won the first-ever gold medal at a Paralympics for Vietnam and set a new world record of 183kg in the men’s 49kg category.
Vietnamese powertlifters have secured two official tickets to the Rio 2016 Paralympics after winning two gold medals at the IPC Powerlifting World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Vietnamese athletes clinched nine gold medals as of 5:30 p.m. on December 6 at the ongoing eighth ASEAN Para Games in Singapore, bringing its gold tally to 24.
Weightlifter Le Van Cong broke the world record at the 2015
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Asian Open
Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on July 26.
Vietnamese weightlifter Nguyen Binh An set a new Asian record of
179kg for the men’s 54kg category at the ongoing second Asian Para
Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on October 20, securing the
4th gold medal for the Vietnamese team.
The Vietnamese team was placed seventh after the first day of official
competitions (October 19) at the ongoing Asian Para Games 2014 in
Incheon, the Republic of Korea, with two gold, five silver and one
bronze medals.
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