Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thanh Tung at the 2014 Asian Para Games (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s swimming and athletic teams onSeptember 19 pocketed four more gold medals at the 9th ASEAN Para Games held inMalaysia.
Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung brought home a gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyleevent for athletes with physical disability category of S5, clocking at 2’59”17.
Tung’s teammates Tran Quoc Phi bagged a gold medal in the men’s S5 100mfreestyle event and Nguyen Thanh Trung secured another gold in the men’s SB4100m breaststroke category.
The fourth gold medal came to Trinh Cong Luan in the men’s discus throwF56.
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By the morning of September 19, Vietnam had obtained a total of 41medals, including 12 golds, 15 silvers and 14 bronzes, ranking third in themedal tally.
Indonesia topped the tally with 30 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze medals,followed by the host Malaysia which achieved 25 golds, 18 silvers and 14 bronzes.
The ASEAN Para Games is a biannual multi-sport event held after everySoutheast Asian Games (SEA Games) for ASEAN athletes with physicaldisabilities.
The ASEAN Para Games 2017, which will last until September 23, has seenthe participation of all member countries of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Vietnamese players vie for medals in eight events, including swimming,track-and-field, weightlifting, chess, badminton, bocce, football for thevisually-impaired and table tennis.-VNA
