Asian Para Games: Le Van Cong wins gold and sets world record

Right after the Vietnamese disabled sports delegation won the first medal on the morning of October 19 in swimming, in the afternoon competition, Le Van Cong brought home the first Asian Para Games II gold medal with an extremely impressive performance in the men's 49kg weightlifting category.

Athlete Le Van Cong.

Le Van Cong entered the competition with confidence and was the one who registered the highest weight, 178kg in the first attempt, among the 5 athletes participating in the competition. And also in the first attempt, Le Van Cong completed his performance excellently, getting closer to the gold medal, while the second place, Mustafa Salman Radhi of Iraq, only achieved a weight of 168kg.

In the second attempt, the coaching staff decided to register a weight of 181.5kg with the hope that this 30-year-old athlete will surpass the world record (181kg) set by Nigerian athlete Yakubu Adesokan at the world championship in April in Dubai.

However, in this push, although he lifted 181.5kg, the referees said that Cong's performance violated the rules and his achievement was not recognized. Despite that, with extraordinary effort, Le Van Cong successfully completed the competition with a weight of 181.5kg in the last push amid cheers and bursts of emotion from all members of the Vietnamese disabled sports delegation present at the Moonlight Festival stadium.

Not only did Le Van Cong convincingly win the gold medal, he also set a new world record in the men's 49kg category of weightlifting for people with disabilities.

Sharing after Le Van Cong's performance, coach Nguyen Hong Phuc said that Le Van Cong surpassed himself with extraordinary personal efforts.

For his part, Le Van Cong said that setting a world record is a dream that has been cherished for many years and has come true. This achievement will give him more motivation to practice and compete to bring glory to the Fatherland in the coming years.

Also on the evening of October 19, good news continuously came to the Vietnamese disabled sports delegation.

At the Munhak Aquatic Sports Palace, at 7:14 p.m. (local time - 5:14 p.m. the same day - Vietnam time), swimmer Nguyen Thanh Trung made a big surprise by winning the gold medal in the men's 100m breaststroke, SB4 disability category.

Not only that, the achievement of 1 minute 50 seconds 91 also helped Thanh Trung set a new Asian record in this event.

In addition, in the afternoon competition, the disabled swimming team also won 3 more silver medals thanks to Vo Thanh Tung in the 200m freestyle men's category S5 (3 minutes 2 seconds 24), Do Thanh Hai in the 100m breaststroke men's category SB5 (1 minute 43 seconds 36), Le Tien Dat in the 100m breaststroke men's category SB6 (1 minute 38 seconds 89) and 1 bronze medal thanks to Vo Huynh Anh Khoa in the 50m freestyle men's category S9 (27 seconds 53).

Thus, as of 9:00 p.m. on October 19 (local time - 5:00 p.m. Vietnam time), the Vietnamese disabled sports delegation has won 2 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze medal, temporarily ranking 7th on the medal tally and ending a very successful opening day at the Asian Para Games II./.

According to VNA