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ASEAN Para Games 2022: Bumper harvest for Vietnam

Vietnam secured 12 gold, nine silver, and 11 bronze medals as of 10pm on August 1, the first day it competed at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.
ASEAN Para Games 2022: Bumper harvest for Vietnam ảnh 1Vietnamese powerlifters (in red) at the games on August 1. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam secured 12 gold, ninesilver, and 11 bronze medals as of 10pm on August 1, the first day it competedat the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.  

The Vietnamese swimming,athletic and weightlifting athletes had an excellent competition day, setting three newrecords.

Swimmers Vo Huynh Anh Khoa,Tran Quoc Phi, Vi Thi Hang, and Vo Thanh Tung grabbed their golds for their outstanding performances in the men’s 400m freestyle S8; men’s 100mbreaststroke S13; women’s 100m freestyle S7; and men’s 50m backstroke S5 events,respectively.

Meanwhile, in the women’s400m freestyle S8 event, Le Thi Dung won another gold medal, clocking 5 minutes 59.97 seconds, breaking the games’ previousrecord of 7 minutes 24.1 seconds. She later earned one more gold medal in thewomen’s 100m freestyle S8.

The swimming squad alsoobtained four silver and five bronze medals on the day.

In weightlifting, Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan and Dang Thi Phuong Linh of Vietnam each brought home a gold medal after completing the 50kg and55kg categories with the weights of 104kg and 101kg, respectively. Both performancesrespectively broke the past records of 103kg and 100kg.

ASEAN Para Games 2022: Bumper harvest for Vietnam ảnh 2Dang Thi Phuong Linh in her competition (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, in the 61kg category, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy won asilver medal with a weight of 84 kg.

Vietnamese athletics, meanwhile, saw their efforts turninginto four gold, four silver, and two bronze medals.

The remaining four bronze medals of the day were captured bythe table tennis team.

Taking place from July 30 to August 6 in Surakarta city, theAPG 2022 features 14 sports with 907 competition events, and 1,286 athletes.

The Vietnamese delegation comprises 153 members, including 18coaches and 120 athletes who will compete in eight sports, namely athletics,swimming, powerlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and archery. The countrystrives to be in the leading group of the Games, targeting 35-40 gold medals

At the previous ASEAN Para Games in 2017, Vietnam won 40gold, 61 silver, and 60 bronze medals, finishing 4th in the overall medaltally./.
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