The 19-year-old fisherman who made waves on the green track received a hot prize from Thanh Nien newspaper

On the second day of swimming, swimmer Tran Hung Nguyen successfully defended the SEA Games gold medal when he finished first in the men’s 400 m event with a record of 4 minutes 18 seconds 10, breaking the SEA Games record (4 minutes). minutes 20 seconds 65). In the first 100 m, Hung Nguyen could not create a distance with the opponent, even after that he let the athlete Singapore pass at the next 50 m.

Joy Tran Hung Nguyen Dau Tien Dat

However, this 19-year-old fisherman deserves to be a top-class athlete when rising for the rest of the race. He accelerated strongly and at one point became a fierce race with teammate Nguyen Quang Thuan. Thanks to his experience and very high performance, Hung Nguyen finished first. Quang Thuan won silver in the first competition SEA Games 31. With this outstanding achievement, Hung Nguyen received a hot reward of 5 million VND from Thanh Nien Newspaper and Position Gold Corporation for the best Vietnamese athlete of the day.

Hung Nguyen (right) received an award from Thanh Nien Newspaper Dau Tien Dat

Hung Nguyen shared: “I am very happy to bring glory to the country and it is always a pleasure to receive great attention from the audience and the media. Thank Newspaper Youth gave me this unexpected gift.”

May 15 also witnessed the golden rain of many Vietnamese teams, such as wushu winning 7 more gold medals; dance sport won 5 gold medals; chess team won 2 gold medals (in which chess 1 gold, chess 1 HCV); bodybuilding won 2 gold medals; jujitsu won 2 gold medals; iron ball 1 HCV; Gymnastics 1 HCV.