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Vietnam finswimmers grab five golds on first competition day

The finswimming event of the ongoing SEA Games 31 took place at the Hanoi-based My Dinh Water Sports Palace on May 21. On the first day of finswimming, Vietnam competed in 7 events and won 5 gold medals in the men’s and women’s 100m surface, women’s 100m bi-fins, men’s 1,500 surface and men’s 4x200m, at the same time breaking several SEA Games records. VNA Photo

  • Swimmer Pham Thi Thu won the first place in the women’s 100m surface with a record of 40 seconds 41, setting a new record at the SEA Games. VNA Photo

  • Swimmer Pham Thi Thu won the first place in the women’s 100m surface with a record of 40 seconds 41, setting a new record at the SEA Games. VNA Photo

  • In the men’s 1,500 surface event, swimmer Kim Anh Kiet also broke the SEA Games record after finishing in 12 minutes 52 seconds 45, winning the fourth gold for Vietnam on the first day of competition. VNA Photo

  • Vietnam finswimmer Cao Thi Duyen broke the SEA Games record in the women’s 100m bi-fins with the record of 49 seconds 04, winning the third gold medal in finswimming for Vietnam. VNA Photo