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Nguyen Thi My Linh clinched the seventh title for Vietnam in the women’s individual rapid VI-B2/B3 category, before Doan Thu Huyen, Tran Thi Bich Thuy and Nguyen Thi Minh Thu brought home the eighth in the women’s team rapid P1 discipline.

The female chess players have excellent performance in the event.

In addition, the chess team pocketed a silver medal by Nguyen Thi Kieu (women’s individual rapid P1) and three bronzes by Tran Thi Bich Thuy (women’s individual rapid P1), Dao Thi Le Xuan (women’s individual rapid VI-B1), and Dao Thi Le Xuan/Pham Thi Huong (women’s team rapid VI-B1).

Ha Van Hiep swam away with another silver medal for the Vietnamese delegation on October 12 after clocking the second-best time of 59.57 seconds in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB3 category, 10.70 seconds slower than the gold medalist, Suzuki Takayuki of Japan.

Vietnam's medal tally at the 2018 APG after the sixth day of competition.

Two more bronzes were added to Vietnam’s medal tally by the athletics team, with Truong Bich Van and Kieu Minh Trung ending up in third place in the women’s shot put F56/57 and men’s javelin throw F55 disciplines, respectively.

As of 11pm today, Vietnam claimed a total of 36 medals – eight golds (four in swimming, two in powerlifting, two in chess), eight silvers (three in swimming, three in chess, one in powerlifting, one in athletics), and 20 bronzes (eight in swimming, four in chess, one in powerlifting, seven in athletics) – standing in 12th place among the total 44 participating delegations.

Vietnam aims for 9 gold medals at 3rd ASIAN Para Games

 

 

Vietnamese athletes arrive in Indonesia for Asian Para Games

The Vietnamese delegation arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 1 to compete in the third Asian Para Games scheduled for October 6-14. 

 

Send-off held for Vietnamese athletes going to Asian Para Games

The Vietnam Paralympic Association (VPA) held a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28 to send off the Vietnam disability sporting delegation to the third Asian Para Games in Indonesia (INAPG 2018).

 

Source: NDO