In the women’s 400m individual medley event, Anh Vien made her victory after completing the race in 4 minutes 45.82 seconds, about 5 seconds faster than the runner-up, Azzahra Permatahani of Indonesia.
Not long after that, with a record of 29.26 seconds, she pocketed another gold medal, her 7th at the regional sporting festival, in the 50m backstroke event.
Also on the day, swimmer Paul Le Nguyen came third in the men’s 50m freestyle event, bagging a bronze medal.
Later, Nguyen Huu Kim Son bagged the gold medal in the men’s 400m medley competition and set a new SEA Games record at 4 minutes 22.12 seconds.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 200m breaststroke event, Vietnamese swimmer Anh Vien failed to defend her first position in the previous Games and came in second, winning the silver. Thai rival Phiangkhwan Pawapotako won the first gold medal in swimming for the nation at this SEA Games.
As of 10am on August 25th, Vietnam remained second in the medal tally, with a total 94 medals, including 37 golds, 25 silvers and 32 bronzes.
The country was closely followed by Singapore with 34 gold, 32 silver and 34 bronze while hosts Malaysia top with 63 gold, 45 silver and 38 bronze.
Timor-Leste remains rooted to the bottom of the table with no medals, while Brunei and Laos are second and third bottom, both with one silver and six bronze medals.
1. Malaysia (63 gold, 45 silver, 38 bronze)
2. Vietnam (37 gold, 25 silver, 32 bronze)
3. Singapore (34 gold, 32 silver, 34 bronze)
4. Thailand (25 gold, 44 silver, 46 bronze)
5. Indonesia (19 gold, 24 silver, 40 bronze)
6. Philippines (14 gold, 18 silver, 31 bronze)
7. Myanmar (5 gold, 6 silver, 11 bronze)
8. Cambodia (1 gold, 0 silver, 6 bronze)
9. Brunei (0 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze)
10. Laos (0 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze)
11. Timor-Leste (no medals)./.