Vietnam set to compete in world swimming championships
VOV.VN - A 10-member team from the nation is due to participate in the 2023 FINA (International Swimming Federation) World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka of Japan from July 14 to July 30.
The country will send a total of nine male athletes, including SEA Games 32 champions Tran Hung Nguyen and Pham Thanh Bao.
The only female athlete to compete for the world championship title will be Vo Thi My Tien, 17, of Long An province. The youngest swimmer won three gold medals at the national swimming championship which concluded in Hue city in March this year.
Nguyen Huy Hoang, who bagged a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, won’t attend the regional tournament. At present he is busy taking part in a training camp in Hungary in preparation for the 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 19) which will be held in Hangzhou in China this September.
This year marks the 20th edition of the World Aquatics Championships, with a total of 75 medal events being held across six disciplines.
The programme returns to the traditional schedule featuring artistic swimming, diving, open water swimming, and water polo, all of which will be held in the first week, while swimming and high diving will get underway the following week.