The highlight was Vo Thi My Tien breaking the record in the 400m freestyle for girls in the 14-15 age group that had stood for almost a decade. The swimmer from the southern Long An Province achieved a time of 5 minutes 0.6 seconds, almost a second faster than the previous record of 5 minutes and 1.45 seconds set by star swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien in 2011.

Swimmers at the national junior swimming competition in Ha Long in the northern Quang Ninh Province, June 15, 2020.

Pham Thi Van, from the north central Thanh Hoa Province, who won six gold medals in the girls 14-15 age group, broke records in the 50m butterfly (27.85 seconds, breaking the earlier record of 28.83 seconds) and 50m backstroke (30.06 seconds, 30.67 seconds).

In the 14-15 boys’ category, Ho Nguyen Duy Khoa won the 50m butterfly in 56.01 seconds, breaking the record set by SEA Games gold medalist Tran Hung Nguyen (57.38 seconds).

Tran Hung Nguyen won his first SEA Games gold in December 5, 2019.

Nguyen himself broke a record in the 50m freestyle with a time of 24.04 seconds. The earlier record of 24.16 was jointly held by Hoang Quy Phuoc (2011) and Ngo Dinh Chuyen in (2019).

In the same age group, Nguyen Huu Kim Son broke his own record of 4 minutes and 22.12 seconds by finishing in 4 minutes and 21.76 seconds.

The competition was held between June 15 and 23, and the results showed Vietnam’s swimming stocks seem to be bulging at the moment.

SEA Games 30: Swimmer Vien bags two more gold medals

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on December 6 pocketed two more gold medals at the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines.

SEA Games 30: Swimmer Hoang sets new record in 400-m freestyle

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang snatched the gold medal in the men’s 400-m freestyle event at the ongoing 30th SEA Games in the Philippines on December 4, clocking 49.08 seconds and setting a new record for the Games.

Vietnamese swimmer wins silver at Military World Games in China

Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien bagged a silver medal at the CISM (International Military Sports Council) World Games 2019 in Wuhan, China on October 20.

Vietnamese swimmer wins ticket to 2020 Olympic Games

Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang has become the first Vietnamese athlete to book a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan.

Vietnam to send seven-member team to world swimming championship

Seven Vietnamese swimmers will compete in the World Aquatics Championship in South Korea from July 12 to 28.

Source: VnExpress