Hanoi’s athletes commended for performance at SEA Games 31

A ceremony to honour athletes and coaches of Hanoi who had outstanding performance at the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) was held on May 27 morning.

Friday, May 27, 2022 15:39

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The Taekwondo team of Vietnam won four gold and one silver medals in the very first day of competition at SEA Games 31. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Aceremony to honour athletes and coaches of Hanoi who had outstanding performance at the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) was held on May 27 morning.

The ceremony was jointly organised by the Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’sCouncil Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee inHanoi.

Addressing the event, Secretaryof the municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung highlighted the decisively importantcontributions of Hanoi’s athletes to the success of the Vietnamese sports delegationat SEA Games 31.

During the Games, athletes from the capital city won 151 out of the 446 medals forthe Vietnamese sports delegation (accounting for 33.85 percent) with 62 golds, 35 silvers and 54 bronzes, while the number of athletes of Hanoi accounted for only 24.75 percent of the total.

Five athletes of Hanoi broken their records at the Games and set new records. Manyathletes brought home two, even three gold medals. This is a breakthroughachievement in terms of quantity and quality of Hanoi’s sports to the nationalsports delegation.

Dung spoke highly of the will, sport spirit and solidarity of Hanoi’s athletesduring the event, saying that they made huge contributions to bringing theglory to the nation.

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The athletics team won 19 gold medals after five days of competition at SEA Games 31 (Photo: VNA)

The official took the occasionto thank the people, organisations and businesses for their contributions; and thecoordination and support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, theVietnam Olympic Committee, and relevant agencies for the success of the Games and the sports development of Hanoi and the nation in general.

He stressed the needto have more support mechanisms to detect and train athletes for the capitalcity, and promote investment in infrastructure and equipment meetinginternational standards to serve training and competition activities, and the hosting of Asian and international sports events.

At the ceremony, medalists were awarded with certificates of merit of the Chairman of the municipal People'sCommittee and a bonus of 55 million VND (2,371 USD) each for the gold medal, 30 million VNDfor the silver medal and 25 million VND for the bronze medal.

Coaches that had medal-winningathletes were presented with certificates of merit, and a bonus equal to 50percent of that for their athletes.

Meanwhile, the Hanoi’s sports delegation got a bonus worth 3 billion VND./.

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