Vinh City won first prize overall at the 'Green Race' Swimming Competition

On July 12, at the Nghe An Provincial Sports Training and Competition Center, the Department of Culture and Sports held the closing ceremony of the 2022 Nghe An Provincial "Green Race" Swimming Tournament.

Attending the closing ceremony were comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports; leaders of departments, offices, centers of the department; leaders of cities, districts and towns in the province.

Many athletes have shown impressive achievements at the 2022 Nghe An Province "Green Race" Swimming Tournament. Photo: Duc Anh

The 2022 Nghe An Province "Green Race" Swimming Tournament has 25 teams from districts, cities, towns, and clubs located in the province. The tournament brings together more than 250 athletes, competing for 52 sets of medals.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong awarded the First, Second and Third prizes to the teams in the 50m backstroke category for Boys 14-15 years old. Photo: Duc Anh

After 2 days of exciting competition, Vinh city team won 24 medals, including 16 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals and 5 Bronze medals. Ranked in 2nd place is Quang Tien Club - Thai Hoa town with 4 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals; Yen Thanh team ranked 3rd with 4 Gold medals, 5 Silver medals and 7 Bronze medals.

Mr. Vu Thanh Linh - Acting Chief of Office of Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports awarded medals to athletes in the 100m freestyle category for women aged 16-18. Photo: Duc Anh

At the ceremony, the Organizing Committee awarded medals for a number of events such as 50m backstroke for men aged 14-15, 100m freestyle for men aged 16-18, 100m freestyle for women aged 16-18...

Mr. Nguyen Hoang Trung awarded the first and second prizes to the teams in the 100m freestyle category for girls aged 14-15. Photo: Duc Anh

Evaluating the tournament, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Trung - Director of Nghe An Province Sports Training and Competition Center, Deputy Organizing Committee said: "This is a grassroots tournament with very rapid development. In previous years, this tournament had a small number of athletes participating. However, this year the number of delegations, as well as the number of athletes participating, is quite large (25 delegations, 250 athletes). This achievement is due to the fact that in the past time, we have launched a widespread movement to practice swimming and prevent drowning. Therefore, people and parents have also paid more attention to this issue, seeing many positive aspects of swimming.

Before the tournament, the teams had practiced seriously and systematically, so the professional quality of the tournament was raised very high. Many athletes created extremely impressive achievements. With such a thorough investment, I believe that the quality of the next tournaments will be raised even higher.

Currently, the swimming movement among the masses has been developed very well. Therefore, many children have achieved impressive results when participating in swimming competitions like this. Through this, it will help Nghe An's high-performance sports find outstanding factors to add to the province's swimming and diving team."