After winning the gold medal and breaking the record in the 800m freestyle event, on the evening of February 27.2, Quang Binh fisherman Nguyen Huy Hoang continued to shine on the 1.500m freestyle race for ages 18 and older by surpassing his opponents. India, Thailand, Hong Kong and the host Philippines, crossed the finish line first and won the gold medal.

Nguyen Huy Hoang won the 1.500 m gold medal, breaking the record of the 2024 Asian age group swimming tournament

POSSIBILITY

The achievement of 15 minutes 24 seconds 69 that Nguyen Huy Hoang achieved broke the record for the 1.500 m content of the tournament (the old record was 15 minutes 34 seconds 80). However, this is not a good achievement for Vietnam's number 1 fisherman. At SEA Games 32, Nguyen Huy Hoang achieved 15'11”24 while at ASIAD 19, he had impressive parameters of 15'04”06. This is the content that Nguyen Huy Hoang has not yet met the Paris 2024 Olympic standards.

Also on the second day of competition of the Asian age group swimming tournament, Tran Hung Nguyen won another gold medal in the 2m mixed event for ages 400 and older. A young talent of the Vietnamese swimming village with a very impressive performance is Duong Van Hoang Quy. Competing in the 18-12 age group, Hoang Quy consecutively won 14 gold medals in the 2m medley and 400m butterfly. Notably, he broke the record for the 200m butterfly event for ages 200-12 with a record of 14 minutes 2 seconds 03 (old record 54 minutes 2 seconds 06).

14-year-old talent Duong Van Hoang Quy (middle) is full of promise for the future

BAR SUSPENSION

At the end of the second day of competition, the Vietnamese swimming team won 2 more gold medals, thereby winning a total of 4 gold medals after 8 days of competition. This year's tournament lacks top fishermen from Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, etc., opening up opportunities for high-achievement competition for Nguyen Huy Hoang and his teammates as well as other countries and territories. . This tournament is not in the group of tournaments registered to qualify for the 2 Paris Olympics.

Source: Thanhnien.vn