Storm of records established on National Games swimming races

ABO/NDO – Up to five new records were established on the third day of the swimming competition at the 2018 National Games (Dec. 3), four of which went to popular names, including Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Hoang Quy Phuoc, Tran Duy Khoi and Nguyen Huy Hoang.

The swimming competition of the 2018 National Games witnesses five additional new records established on Dec. 3.

Vietnam’s no. 1 swimmer Anh Vien took gold in the women’s 100m backstroke event with a time of 1:03.71, breaking her own National Games record set up in 2014 (1:04.43). In addition, she was crowned the fastest on the 1,500m freestyle race, clocking a time of 17:11.75. Anh Vien has won a total of six gold medals so far in this year’s Games, contributing significantly to the Army team’s provisional reign atop the swimming table with seven golds.

The men’s 100m butterfly category saw little surprise as favourite Hoang Quy Phuoc of Da Nang blasted the top honour with a time of 53.63 seconds, breaking the old record that he had set four years ago, by 0.84 seconds.

 

Tran Duy Khoi of Ho Chi Minh City established a new Games record in the men’s 100m breaststroke discipline as he finished first with a time of 55.49 seconds, 1.38 seconds faster than the previous record he achieved in 2014.

 

Nguyen Huy Hoang finished the men’s 400m freestyle in style, claiming gold with a time of 3:50.72 and smashing Nguyen Thanh Hai’s eight-year record of 3:58.86.

 

Le Thi My Thao of Binh Phuoc broke Anh Vien’s 100m butterfly record (1:00.83, set in 2014) by only 0.03 seconds as she swam away with the gold medal with a time of 1:00.80.

 

(Source: NDO)