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Vietnam’s female swimmer wins two golds at Speedo Sectionals

Vietnam’s top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won two golds and one silver at the Speedo Sectionals 2017 tournament held in Indianapolis, the US from March 30 to April 2.
Vietnam’s female swimmer wins two golds at Speedo Sectionals ảnh 1Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won twogolds and one silver at the Speedo Sectionals 2017 tournament held inIndianapolis, the US from March 30 to April 2.

Vien finished first in the women’s 400m medley with a time of 4:44.94. Shecontinued her dominance in the 200m freestyle with a time of 2:00.51.

TheCan Tho-born swimmer also came to second in the 400m freestyle after clocking atime of 4:16.45.

OverseasVietnamese swimmer Le Nguyen Paul also performed well. Paul won gold in themen’s 200m medley with a time of 2:03.86. He also took silver medals in the100m butterfly with a time of 55.34secs and 100m backstroke with a time of56.18secs.

Toprepare for coming international tournaments, Vien and Hoang Quy Phuoc aretraining abroad. Phuoc is training in Hungary.

LamQuang Nhat and Tran Duy Khoi are training in Thailand from April 1 to June 20and then they will leave for China from July 1.-VNA
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