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Tung completed the final race in the fastest time of 03:00.02, beating the runner-up, Muhammad Nur Syaiful of Malaysia by 2.55 seconds, and 3.81 seconds faster than the bronze medalist, Jamery Siga of Malaysia. He also broke the APG record in this category.

Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung has won three gold medals at the 2018 APG in Indonesia.

Previously, Tung was also crowned the champion in the men’s 50m backstroke S5 and 100m freestyle S5 disciplines, in which he smashed the APG and Asian records, respectively.

So far, the swimming team brought home four gold medals for Vietnam in Indonesia, including three from Vo Thanh Tung and one by Nguyen Thanh Trung in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB4 event.

Chess players contributed two silvers to Vietnam’s 2018 APG medal tally on Wednesday in the women’s team standard VI-B2/B3 and women’s team standard P1 categories.

In addition, Vietnam pocketed three more bronzes thanks to swimmer Trinh Thi Bich Nhu in the women’s 50m freestyle S6 discipline, Tran Van Nguyen in the men’s shot put F40 event and Nguyen Thi Hai in the women’s javelin throw F57 category.

As of 9pm today, Vietnam stood in 12th place in the provisional table with six gold, four silver and 13 bronze medals.

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).

 

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. 

 

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

 

 

Source: NDO