Nguyen Huy Hoang’s forte is 1,500 m and 800 m freestyle, so few people think this fisherman can achieve high results in the 400 m freestyle distance because of the fierce competition with Korean opponents. Japan, China, Malaysia. However, Vietnam’s number 1 fisherman passed the qualifying round in the morning, then had an explosive performance in the final the same evening.
Nguyen Huy Hoang unexpectedly won the 400m freestyle bronze medal PHOTO:
Throughout the race route in the final, Huy Hoang hid behind and with 50 meters left, he unleashed his strength to reach the third place finish line, winning the bronze medal with a record of 3 minutes 49 seconds 16, behind Kim Woo-min. (South Korea, 3 minutes 44 seconds 36) and Pan Zhanle (China, 3 minutes 48 seconds 81). Thus, despite an unsuccessful start at the 1,500 m freestyle distance, Nguyen Huy Hoang affirmed his bravery with 2 bronze medals, which is also the achievement of the Vietnamese swimming team at ASIAD 19 this time.
Another bright spot for the Vietnamese sports delegation yesterday was in athletics when Hoang Thi Minh Hanh and Hoang Thi Anh Thuc, participating in ASIAD for the first time, passed the qualifying round and won the right to enter the final of the women’s 400 m event. Also entering the ASIAD arena for the first time, Vietnamese speed queen Tran Thi Nhi Yen passed the qualifying round with a record of 11 seconds 59, entering the final of the women’s 100 m event.
Yesterday was a day full of efforts for the Vietnamese sports delegation at ASIAD 19 but did not achieve the expected success. In shooting, female shooter Trinh Thu Vinh competed in the 10m air gun event but only ranked 6th overall. In gymnastics, Le Thanh Tung could not surprise his strong opponents and accepted 7th place in the final of the single bar event. Trinh Hai Khang also only ranked 8/8 in the jumping final. In e-sports, the Vietnamese team created a great advantage but unfortunately lost to host China in the bronze medal match of League of Legends. In Chinese chess, the Vietnamese team tried to surprise the No. 1 candidate China but could not avoid defeat in the mixed team event and was forced to win the remaining matches to have a chance to meet their opponents again. This is in the final.
Today (September 30), the Vietnamese sports delegation enters the 7th day of competition with popular sports such as shooting, athletics, weightlifting, volleyball, Chinese chess, and chess.
