HCM City dominate in the pool

HCM City's swimmers dominated the National Short-Course Swimming and Fins-swimming Championships with a haul of 21 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals after four days.

Long An bagged five golds while Quang Ninh trailed with three golds.

The Saigonese swimmers swept the team events in Hue yesterday, March 30

The women's team finished first in the 400m freestyle relay in 4min 1.93sec, beating Quang Ninh and Long An in the 25m pool competition.

Meanwhile, the men's team took gold in the 200m medley relay in 1:44.46.

Le Thi My Thao of Binh Phuoc also took two gold medals in the women's 100m butterfly in 1:03.13 and the 400m individual medley in 5:01.19.

Duong Thi Thom also bagged a gold for Quang Ninh when she did the women's 50m backstroke in 29.56sec. Meanwhile, Long An's Tran Duc Tai took home gold in the men's 50m backstroke with 29.30.

Pham Thanh Nguyen from Long An also won the men's 100m freestyle in 52.52.

Tran Duy Khoi of HCM City won his eighth gold medal of the championship in the men's 100m individual medley in 54.64.

The championship ends today.

N Korean team win volleyball comp

North Korean Club 4.25 were declared the winners of the VTV Binh Dien International Women's Club Volleyball Tournament on Sunday in the Quang Tri Province.

North Korean Club 4.25 won the VTV Binh Dien Long An Cup after beating Lien Viet Postbank 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 25-21 in the final match. — Photo laodong.com.vn

The team defeated defending champions Lien Viet Postbank 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 25-21.

Korean player Jong Jin-sim was awarded a hat-trick of prizes as she was voted the best athlete, best spiker and best middle blocker at the annual event.

In an earlier match Kazakhstan's Astana Club had beaten Vietnamese team VTV Binh Dien Long An during the third-place playoff match to take the bronze medal.

The next tournament will be organised in the Ninh Binh Province.

VN athletes top medals table

Viet Nam topped the 92nd Malaysia Open Track and Field Championships, which closed in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

The Vietnamese athletes stormed the tournament with seven gold, seven silver, and one bronze medal.

Among the winners, Hoang Van Thai triumphed in the men's 800m event as he finished the race in 1 min 52.95sec. Do Thi Thao stood second in the women's 800m race, with a timing of 2:8.95. Le Thi Huyen topped the women's 400m race a timing of 53.34sec. Quach Cong Lich won the men's 400m category in 46.99.

The overall second spot was bagged by Angkatan Tentera Malaysia ATM, who claimed six gold medals. They were followed by Thailand's team, who won five titles.

Vietnamese tennis team earn spot in Davis Cup Group II

The Vietnamese tennis team beat their rivals from Hong Kong (China) 2-0 in the final Group III play-off on March 28, moving on to play in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II at next year’s Davis Cup season.

Playing strong, Nguyen Hoang Thien defeated his more experienced opponent Phillip King in only 55 minutes in the first singles match.

The second singles match witnessed the competition between two young players, Ly Hoang Nam from Vietnam and Andrew Li from Hong Kong. Unfortunately, Hoang Nam suffered a 4-6 loss to his rival in the first set.

However, Nam lit up hopes for Vietnam by finishing off Andrew Li 6-3 and 6-2 in the second and third sets, respectively.

With the consecutive victories of two young players in singles matches, the two countries agreed not to play in the doubles match.

The 2-0 victory helped Vietnam earn a spot in Group II next year.

VNS/Nhan Dan