Local swimmer only Asian competitor among top 20 of 800m freestyle
VOV.VN - Despite missing out the chance to progress to the final round of the 800m freestyle swimming contest at the Tokyo Olympics, local swimmer Huy Hoang was the only Asian athlete to be among the top 20 in the event.
As part of the heats which took place on July 27, Hoang finished with a time of seven minutes and 54.16 seconds, second in his group behind Zac Reid of New Zealand.
Despite this, in the overall result across the five groups, he was placed 20th place among a total of 34 athletes, with only the top eight advancing to the final round of the event.
First place in the heats went to Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine with a time of seven minutes and 41.28 seconds, followed by German’s Florian Wellbrock with seven minutes and 41.77 seconds.
Hoang’s best result in the 800m freestyle was at the 2018 Youth Olympics when he registered a time of seven minutes and 50.20 seconds.
The 21-year-old swimmer is set to participate in the 1500m freestyle event which will take place on July 30 evening.
