Anh Vien breaks the 100m freestyle record of the National Sports Festival
Anh Vien surpassed the old record of 57 seconds 26 set by herself at the 2018 National Sports Festival. Anh Vien also holds the national record with a record of 55 seconds 76 set in 2017. The victory on the evening swim route 12 12 helped the swimmer born in 1996 get the first gold medal at this Congress.
Anh Vien ended her international career and left the national team at the end of 2021. She felt that she could no longer keep up the form to achieve as high as before, and wanted to reduce the pressure on herself, so she just practiced. compete in the country for the Army delegation.
Anh Vien once dominated, winning 18 gold and 2 silver medals at the 2014 National Sports Festival, and also broke three national records and 11 records at the Games. Four years later, she went on to win 12 gold medals, breaking two national records and seven Games records.
Also in the Army, 13-year-old swimmer Nguyen Thuy Hien won a silver medal in the women's 100m freestyle when she was only 38% behind Anh Vien. Thuy Hien also attracted attention when she won two gold medals in the content of 50m frog (33 seconds 41) and 800m mixed men and women (8 minutes 2 seconds 11) with Anh Vien, Hung Nguyen and Tuan Anh.
Another remarkable content of swimming was the men's 200m butterfly when swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang finished second with a record of 2 minutes 0 seconds 33. He was surpassed by Ho Nguyen Duy Khoa (Army) with a record of 1 minute 59 seconds. 61, nearly broke the Congress record of 1 minute 59 seconds 59 of Huy Hoang himself. The Quang Binh fisherman also holds the national record for this content with 1 minute 59 seconds 81.
In other events, Le Thi My Thao (Binh Phuoc) won the gold medal of the women's 200m butterfly (2 minutes 15 seconds 18). Pham Thanh Bao (Ben Tre) won the gold medal of the men's 50m frog (28 seconds 71). Luong Jeremie Loic Nino (HCMC) won the men's 100m freestyle gold medal (49 seconds 94).
The swimming event of the 2022 National Sports Festival will take place at My Dinh Aquatic Palace, Hanoi. After the first day of competition 12/12, the Army delegation is temporarily leading with 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal.
The 2022 National Sports Festival will be held from December 9 to 21 in 11 northern provinces and cities, of which Quang Ninh is the main venue when hosting 21 out of 43 competitions. The congress has 65 sports delegations, including 63 provinces and cities and two branches of Public Security and Army.
