HCM City rule in the pool, for now

March 27, 2018 - 09:00

HCM City leads the 14 teams of the National Swimming Championship in Huế City on March 26.

Trần Duy Khôi of HCM City. — Photo plo.vn
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — HCM City leads the 14 teams of the National Swimming Championship in Huế City yesterday.

After four days of competition, the team has won 12 golds, seven silvers and six bronzes. Đà Nẵng are second with nine golds, three silvers and two bronzes, while Quảng Bình are third with six golds, eight silvers and three bronzes.

Trần Duy Khôi of HCM City won gold in the men’s 100m individual medley in a time of 55.57secs. Trần Hưng Nguyên of the Military and Nguyễn Ngọc Triển of Hải Phòng took the silver and bronze medal with times of 58.06secs and 58.21secs, respectively.

In the men’s 100m freestyle, Lương Jeremie of HCM also bagged gold with a time of 52.19secs. Bùi Phương Nam of Đồng Nai and Phạm Thanh Nguyên of An Giang were the runners-up.

In the men’s 200m butterfly, the gold went to Hoàng Quý Phước of Đà Nẵng, 2015 Southeast Asian Games gold medallist. The 25-year-old finished first with a time of 1:58.68.

Nguyễn Ngọc Huỳnh of Đồng Nai received silver with a time of 1:59.07 and Nguyễn Huy Hoàng of Quảng Bình took bronze in 1:59.15.

In the women’s 100m butterfly, Lê Thị Mỹ Thảo of Bình Phước defeated Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh of Quảng Bình and Trần Ngọc Thi of HCM City to triumph in a time of 1:01.60.

The annual event wraps up today. — VNS

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