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Việt Nam bag five titles at regional open-water swimming championships
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| Nearly 200 athletes compete in the Southeast Asian Open Water Swimming Championships 2026 on August 21-23 in Boracay, the Philippines. Photos courtesy of organisers |
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam have won five gold medals at the ongoing 2026 Southeast Asian Open Water Swimming Championships in Boracay, the Philippines, after securing two more titles on August 22.
Both victories came in team events on the second day of competition.
Đỗ Ngọc Vinh, Cao Văn Dũng, Nguyễn Khả Nhi and Lê Huỳnh Tú Uyên finished first in the senior mixed 4x1,500m relay.
They clocked 1 hr 13 min 20 sec to claim the title, finishing well ahead of their rivals. Thailand came closest, recording 1 hr 16 min 45 sec.
Their younger teammates Trần Gia Phúc, Nguyễn Vinh Thái Bảo, Võ Thị Bảo Ngọc and Phan Thị Thùy An won the mixed 4x1,500m relay for the 14-18 age group in 1 hr 15 min 43 sec.
Vietnamese swimmers had earlier made a strong start by winning three gold medals on the opening day on August 21.
Nguyễn Khả Nhi secured the first title in the girls’ 10km event for the 18-19 age group.
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| Nguyễn Khả Nhi on top podium of the girls' 18-19 year-old group 10km category. |
Nhi finished first in 2 hr 18 min 29 sec, followed by Singapore’s Muse Ga Un Goh in 2 hr 22 min 59 sec and Thailand’s Kittivorakij in 2 hr 37 min 23 sec.
Đỗ Ngọc Vinh secured Việt Nam’s second gold medal after clocking the fastest time of 1 hr 58 min 30 sec in the men’s senior 10km event. His teammate Cao Văn Dũng claimed silver, finishing less than two minutes behind.
Lê Huỳnh Tú Uyên and Phan Thị Thúy An were involved in a tense one-two race in the girls’ 10km event for the 16-17 age group. Uyên powered ahead over the final metres to top the podium in 2hr 19min 26sec.
Trần Gia Phúc ended the day with a silver medal in the boys’ 10km event for the 16-17 age group.
The championship will conclude on August 23, when Việt Nam’s Phạm Đức Trọng will compete in the boys’ 3km event for the 12-13 age group.
Nearly 200 swimmers from Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Việt Nam and the host nation, the Philippines, are competing in the fourth edition of the championship.
The meet began on Friday at a 160ha tourism and leisure estate developed by Global-Estate Resorts, with swimmers competing in a discipline that made its Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Games. — VNS
