Following her success at the recent 27th SEA Games in Myanmar,Vietnamese star swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is scheduled to attend anintensive training course in the US in January in preparation for nextyear’s games.
High hopes are pinned on the16-year-old female swimmer that she will achieve even better results atthe 17th Asian Games, scheduled for Incheon, the Republic of Korea, in2014.
Vien is currently serving the Vietnam’s PeopleArmy. Her outstanding performance at the SEA Games has earned herrespect and admiration from fellow competitors from Indonesia andSingapore.
She is hopeful to reach the top three inthe women’s backstroke 200m event at the coming Asian Games, said coachDang Anh Tuan.
At the 27th SEA Games, the swimmerset a new mark in Vietnam's swimming history by becoming the first-everVietnamese to win three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze, in onesingles Games in its 54-year history of the country's competing in theGames.
Vien polished her outstanding achievements by breakingtwo SEA Games records in the women’s 200m backstroke and 400m medleyevents, with respective time of 2:14.80 and 4:46.16.-VNA
High hopes are pinned on the16-year-old female swimmer that she will achieve even better results atthe 17th Asian Games, scheduled for Incheon, the Republic of Korea, in2014.
Vien is currently serving the Vietnam’s PeopleArmy. Her outstanding performance at the SEA Games has earned herrespect and admiration from fellow competitors from Indonesia andSingapore.
She is hopeful to reach the top three inthe women’s backstroke 200m event at the coming Asian Games, said coachDang Anh Tuan.
At the 27th SEA Games, the swimmerset a new mark in Vietnam's swimming history by becoming the first-everVietnamese to win three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze, in onesingles Games in its 54-year history of the country's competing in theGames.
Vien polished her outstanding achievements by breakingtwo SEA Games records in the women’s 200m backstroke and 400m medleyevents, with respective time of 2:14.80 and 4:46.16.-VNA
