Vietnam national team

 Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung clocked a time in 35.56sec to win a gold in the men’s 50m freestyle at the Asian ParaGames for disabled athletes in Guangzhou, China on December 14.

Tung, 25, was faster than Siga Tamery from Malaysia, who came in second with 38.68sec, and Kaewkham Voravit of Thailand, in third with 39.93sec at Aoti Aquatics Centre. It’s the first gold for Vietnam in the second day of competition.

 Tung competes in the 50m butterfly on December 15 and 100m freestyle on December 16.

 Earlier, Nguyen Anh Tuan only managed a bronze medal in the men’s long jump with a 5.33m leap, 63cm behind gold medallist China’s Li Duan.

 Thailand’s Punthong Jakkit grabbed the silver with 5.38m.

 On December 13, weightlifter Nguyen Thi Hong bagged a bronze medal in the women’s weightlifting.

 Vietnam team ranks in 10th place in the medal tally.

 At the send-off ceremony in Hanoi, sponsors announced they would provide cash awards of VND20 million to gold medal winners, in addition to a VND25 million award from the Government.

 

(VNS/VOVNews)