Nghe An won 5 Gold Medals at the 2023 National Swimming and Diving Competition for Excellent Athletes
(Baonghean.vn) - The two athletes who won gold medals for the Nghe An team were Nguyen Trong Dung and Nguyen Tu Anh.
The 2023 National Swimming and Diving Competition for Outstanding Athletes took place from December 10-13 in Tay Ninh city, with the participation of 169 athletes from many units across the country, including: Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Quang Binh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap, Long An, Ben Tre, Vinh Long, An Giang, National Defense Sports Center 5...
Nghe An diving team participated in this tournament with 3 athletes. After 3 days of competition, the team won 5 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 1 Bronze medal.
In particular, athlete Nguyen Trong Dung excellently won 3 Gold medals in the 200m, 400m, 800m fin hose events and 1 Bronze medal in the 50m breath hold event.
The remaining two Gold Medals went to athlete Nguyen Tu Anh in the 1500m and 800m jet events. In addition, Tu Anh also won a Silver Medal in the 400m jet event.
Nguyen Trong DungBorn in 2003 in Hung Loi commune (Hung Nguyen), he was recruited to the Nghe An Sports Training and Competition Center in 2015. Since then, with his strong events being 400m and 800m fins, this athlete has won gold medals in domestic tournaments. These are the National Club Swimming and Diving Championship, the National Youth Swimming and Diving Championship, the National Age Group Swimming and Diving Championship and the National Swimming and Diving Championship.
More specifically, from September 2022 to present, Nguyen Trong Dung has made achievements at 3 important tournaments: the 2022 World Cup Diving Championship, the 9th National Sports Congress in 2022 and the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). In particular, at the World Cup Diving Championship held in September 2022, this athlete won 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal, making history for Nghe An sports when becoming the first Nghe An athlete in diving to win a World Gold Medal.
Then, in December 2022, at the 9th National Sports Congress, Dung won 2 Gold Medals, in which, in the 400m propeller event, Dung broke the 2017 national record.
At the 32nd SEA Games, Nguyen Trong Dung won 1 Gold Medal with his teammates in the 4x200m propeller relay (breaking the SEA Games record), 1 individual Gold Medal in the 800m propeller relay and 1 individual Silver Medal in the 400m propeller relay.
In addition, at the 2023 Asian Diving Championship held in Thailand from November 24 to 29, Nguyen Trong Dung won 1 Gold Medal, 1 Bronze Medal for individuals and 1 Gold Medal for teams. In 2023, Nguyen Trong Dung was honored to receive the Third Class Labor Medal from the President.
Nguyen Tu Anhborn in 2007, hometown in Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province, currently residing in Quang Trung ward (Vinh city), was selected to join Nghe An Sports Training and Competition Center in 2017.
In 2023, this female athlete also won Gold Medals at the National Club Swimming and Diving Championship, the National Youth Swimming and Diving Championship, the National Age Group Swimming and Diving Championship and the National Swimming and Diving Championship, with her specialty events of 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m fins.
At the Asian Youth Diving Championship held in early December, Tu Anh won 2 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze Medal.
