Nguyễn Huy Hoàng set three national records at the National Swimming Championships held at Phú Thọ swimming club in HCM City on October 8.
Quảng Bình representative Nguyễn Huy Hoàng defeated Southeast Asian Games winner Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn in the men’s 400m individual medley event at the National Swimming Championships in HCM City on Thursday.
The national swimming team will shoulder the responsibility of winning one-sixth of Việt Nam’s total target of 60 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).
A huge contingent of 681 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 32 of 38 sporting events at the upcoming SEA Games 29.
Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn set a new national arecord in the men’s 1,500m freestyle event while swimming in the FINA World Championships, which concluded in Hungary yesterday.
Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên won gold in the women’s 400m medley at the Asian Swimming Championships that opened in Tokyo yesterday.
Four Vietnamese swimmers will take part in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), which is scheduled to be held from December 6-11 in Ontario, Canada.
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên successfully won a gold medal and set a new record at the Asian swimming championships in Tokyo yesterday.