Anh Vien continues to win medals at the Asian tournament

After the feat of winning the first gold medal for Vietnamese swimming at the Asian Championship, the swimmer born in 1996 continued to shine with a time of 1 minute 59 seconds 31.

Anh Vien continues to have impressive performances.

The final round takes place at 6pm today (Hanoi time)Anh Vien started in lane number 7 due to the direction x6th place in qualifying round. This is not a lane for seeds, so the Vietnamese swimmers face many disadvantages compared to their opponents Ai Yanhan of China (lane number 4), Aoki Tomomi (number 3) and Igarashi Chihiro (number 5) of Japan.

In the first 50 meters she was only fifth with 28.19 seconds before closing the gap andsurpass Igarashi Chihiroto take fourth place after 150 meters. The three leading swimmers at that time were Ai Yanhan, Shen Duo and Aoki Tomomi.

In the last 50 meters, Anh Vien accelerated spectacularly and finished third overall with 0.18 seconds more.Aoki TomomiThis achievement cannot help the swimmer from Can Tho surpass his record at the 28th SEA Games with a time of 1 minute 59 seconds 27, but is better than his achievement at the world championship held in August 2016 of 2 minutes 00 seconds 80.

Meanwhile, Shen Duo also successfully accelerated to surpass compatriot Ai Yanhan and won the gold medal with 1 minute 56 seconds 71, thereby breaking the tournament record (1 minute 58 seconds 76 set by Liu Jing in 2009).

Women's 200m freestyle final results.

Also participating in the men's 200m backstroke final, Duy Khoi started in lane number 7.. But the swimmer from Ho Chi Minh City could not create a surprise when he finished sixth overall with a time of 2 minutes 04 seconds 01. The gold medal winner was Xu Jiayu (China) with a time of 1 minute 55 seconds 19, breaking Zhang Fenglin's Asian championship record (1 minute 56 seconds 38 set in 2012).

According to VNE