Paralympic

Lê Tiến Đạt will swim at the Paralympic Paris 2024. - VNS Photos Thái Dương

HÀ NỘI - Lê Tiến Đạt and Đỗ Thanh Hải are two first Vietnamese athletes earning their official spots to compete at the Paralympic Paris 2024.

Đạt won a gold medal at the 4th Asian Para Games held in Hangzhou, China, last October. He was first in the men's 100m SB5 breaststroke event in a time of 1min 34.04sec.

He was four times on top podium of the 12th ASEAN Para Games last May in Cambodia.

His time was among world's leading group and was better than the Minimum Qualification Standard.

Hải who came 1.07sec after Đạt in the men's 100m SB5 breaststroke also secured his own spot.

Đỗ Thanh Hải will have his third time at a Paralympics.

Earlier, he pocketed three golds, one silver and three bronzes from the Cambodian Para Games.

It will be Hải's third Paralympic in a row after he took part in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Meanwhile Đạt will enjoy his first time at the global largest sporting festival for the people with disabilities. VNS