Vietnamese athletes at the 2018 Asian Para Games pose for a photo together with Tran Minh Cu, Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, before returning home (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Vietnam bagged a totalof 40 medals, including eight gold, eight silver and 24 bronze medals, ranking 12that the freshly-concluded 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia.
The continent’s biggest sports event forathletes with disabilities took place from October 6-13.
The Vietnamese delegation comprised 75 members,including 52 athletes and 11 coaches and caretakers.
They competed in seven out of 18 sports, namelyswimming, track and field, weightlifting, chess, badminton, table tennis andjudo.
Except for judo, athletes in six other sportsbrought home medals. Notably, all four weightlifters won medals, including twogolds, one silver and one bronze.
In addition, Vietnamese swimmers pocketed fourgold, four silver and 13 bronze medals. Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung broke an Asianrecord and two records of the Games.
China topped the overall rankings of the 2018Asian Para Games with 172 golds, followed by the Republic of Korea with 53 goldmedals.
The Asian Para Games, which follows the AsianGames every four years, attracted around 3,000 athletes from 43 countries andterritories in Asia this year.
At theprevious Asian Para Games in 2014, Vietnam won nine gold, seven silver, and 13bronze medals, finishing 10th in the overall medal tally.–VNA
The continent’s biggest sports event forathletes with disabilities took place from October 6-13.
The Vietnamese delegation comprised 75 members,including 52 athletes and 11 coaches and caretakers.
They competed in seven out of 18 sports, namelyswimming, track and field, weightlifting, chess, badminton, table tennis andjudo.
Except for judo, athletes in six other sportsbrought home medals. Notably, all four weightlifters won medals, including twogolds, one silver and one bronze.
In addition, Vietnamese swimmers pocketed fourgold, four silver and 13 bronze medals. Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung broke an Asianrecord and two records of the Games.
China topped the overall rankings of the 2018Asian Para Games with 172 golds, followed by the Republic of Korea with 53 goldmedals.
The Asian Para Games, which follows the AsianGames every four years, attracted around 3,000 athletes from 43 countries andterritories in Asia this year.
At theprevious Asian Para Games in 2014, Vietnam won nine gold, seven silver, and 13bronze medals, finishing 10th in the overall medal tally.–VNA
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