The goal of “Golden hat-trick” SEA Games 31

The milestones of SEA Games achievements of Nguyen Huy Hoang

At the 29th SEA Games in 2017 in Malaysia at the age of 17, Nguyen Huy Hoang made his first impression when he won the 1500m freestyle gold medal with a record of 15 minutes 20 seconds 10. This parameter of the guy from the coastal region of Quang Binh broke the record. The SEA Games record that “elder” Lam Quang Nhat established at the 2015 SEA Games (15 minutes 31 seconds 03).

At the SEA Games 30-2019 (Philippines), Nguyen Huy Hoang won the 1500m freestyle gold medal with the parameters 14 minutes 58 seconds 14, broke his own SEA Games record (15 minutes 20 seconds 10), and at the same time achieved the Tokyo Olympic A standard (the Tokyo Olympic A standard set by the World Swimming Federation is 15 minutes 00 seconds 99).

In the 400m freestyle content, Huy Hoang also won gold with a record of 3 minutes 49 seconds 08 – breaking the SEA Games record (the old record belonged to Malaysian athlete Sim Welson 3 minutes 50 seconds 56).

Asian level qualification

Compared to Anh Vien, Huy Hoang could not contribute as many gold medals to Vietnamese swimming in the regional arena as “senior”. However, at the continental and world level, Huy Hoang – the number 1 typical athlete nationwide in 2021 is expected to shine.

In fact, Anh Vien’s best achievement in ASIAD is only 2 bronze medals of 200m backstroke and 400m medley ASIAD 2014 (Incheon-Korea). And Huy Hoang has reached the silver medal at ASIAD 2018 in the 1500m freestyle with a time of 15 minutes 01 seconds 63. Also at ASIAD 2018, Huy Hoang also won the bronze medal in the 800m freestyle with a record of 7 minutes 54 seconds 32.

At the 2018 World Youth Olympic Games (Argentina), Huy Hoang won the 800m freestyle gold medal with the parameters 7 minutes 50 seconds 20 – his best performance to date.

Huy Hoang’s last major tournament was the Tokyo 2020 Olympics held in August last year, Huy Hoang could not surpass himself (reaching the parameters of 15 minutes 00 seconds 24 content of 1,500m freestyle and 7 minutes 54 seconds of 16 content). 800m freestyle) in the condition that only “vegetarian” is known in the country, not allowed to go abroad for training and competition because of the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Before the 31st SEA Games, Huy Hoang and the Vietnamese swimming team had a long training trip in Hungary:

“During my training in Hungary, I had an expert to teach me new techniques to help me gain strength and endurance, and to compete a lot. The training conditions in Hungary are very good, there are Vietnamese people cooking and eating and drinking. , taste good, so I feel secure.

In terms of specific performance parameters, at SEA Games 31, I try to maintain my achievement is enough. But by the ASIAD 2022 in September, it must be shortened to 14 minutes 50 of the 1,500m content and 7 minutes 47 of the 800m content. If I can do that, it is likely that I will have the ASIAD 2022 gold medal (Chinese athlete Sun Yang won the ASIAD 2018 gold medal with a record of 14 minutes 58 seconds 53 – PV)”.

From swimming for fun to “Golden ten” plates

Nguyen Huy Hoang was born in 2000 in a family with 6 brothers and sisters, his parents made a living by fishing in Tien Hoa commune, Tuyen Hoa (Quang Binh).

Onion Nguyen Huy Hoang’s journey to the green track was by accident. One morning while hanging out with his friends, the boy Hoang, then in grade 5, heard the sound of a loudspeaker broadcasting information that Quang Binh province was recruiting swimmers for the province.

At that time, Hoang only thought of signing up to go swimming for fun, but could not imagine then caught the “green eye” of coach Hoang Quang Minh, developed into a professional athlete, and achieved the first marks in his career. career – a worthy result for years of hard work “trying harder every day, only knowing how to swim and swim for many years” – as Huy Hoang confided.