SEA Games 31: Vietnamese finswimmers eye 6-8 gold medals
Vietnam’s finswimming team is striving for 6-8 gold medals out of the 13 sets of medals in the discipline at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), topping the rank in this sport.
Vietnamese finswimmers eye 6-8 gold medals at SEA Games 31 (Photo: //seagames2021.com/)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s finswimming team is striving for 6-8 gold medals out of the13 sets of medals in the discipline at the upcoming 31stSoutheast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), topping the rank in this sport.
Finswimming was included in SEA Games 22 in Vietnam for the first time. At thisevent, Vietnamese athletes won 13 gold medals out of the 16 sets of medals.
At SEA Games 25 in 2009 in Laos, and SEA Games 26 in 2011 in Indonesia, Vietnambrought home four and six gold medals, respectively, breaking manySoutheast Asian records.
Besides Thailand and the Philippines, Indonesia is growing stronger in the sport with many talentedathletes, whose stats are on par with Vietnamese top finswimmers in some categories.
According to coach of the Vietnamese finswimming team Hoang Quoc Binh, Vietnam ranks first in the sport in not only Southeast Asia but also Asia.
Binh said that Vietnam has prolific and talented finswimmerswho have gained great achievements in the regional and global arenas.
Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will be Vietnam's main opponents in thesport at SEA Games 31, he said, expressing his belief that Vietnamese finswimmerscan completely defeat these opponents.
The Vietnamese finswimming team have been training in the My Dinh NationalStadium since early May.
SEA Games 31, themed “For a Stronger SouthEast Asia”, will be held in the capital city of Hanoi and 11 neighbouringprovinces and cities from May 12 to 23.
Featuring 40 sports with 526 events, it isexpected to attract around 10,000 participants. The bie❀nnial event wasinitially slated for late 2021 but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic’simpact./.
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Vietnamese finswimmers eye 6-8 gold medals at SEA Games 31 (Photo: //seagames2021.com/) 
