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Vietnam’s 'Little Mermaid' wins gold in Ashgabat
Vietnam’s 'Little Mermaid' wins gold in Ashgabat
27/09/2017 09:05
Showing no signs of fatigue after winning eight gold medals at last month’s South East Asian Games in Malaysia, Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Anh Vien added to her growing collection by winning the women’s 200 metres individual medley in short-course swimming at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Friday.

Nicknamed the Little Mermaid, the 20-year-old led all the way to win the gold in two minutes 09.78 seconds, breaking the AIMAG record she set in Korea four years ago. "The first 50m was tight, but I started progressively taking the lead after that,” she said. “I am pleased to have won a gold medal with a new Games Record. I had not expected that.”

The only Vietnamese swimmer competing in the Turkmenistan capital, Anh Vien is eyeing two more golds at the AIMAG and has her sights set on winning the Asian Games title in Jakarta next year. "Sometimes the high expectations does feel like an extra weight on my shoulders but it is a great feeling to represent Vietnam at Ashgabat 2017. I am going to try hard to justify the trust in me,” she said.

"I am using Ashgabat 2017 as a preparatory event for the 2018 Asian Games. I am hoping to win a few medals there. I also want to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and do well." Korea won two golds during Friday’s opening night of swimming finals with victories in the men’s 4x50m medley relay and the women’s 100m breaststroke as Kim Daleun, 27, touched the wall first in 1:07.51.

“I won gold in a very good time. After winning, a lot of pressure has shifted away from my shoulders,” she said. I am going to approach my next competitions with a lot more confidence. The next races are not going to be a problem at all.”

Kazakhstan, Thailand and Hong Kong also struck gold at the Aquatic Centre, which was packed with spectators. Adil Kaskabay, 19, won the men’s 50m freestyle for Kazakhstan in 21.88 while the women’s sprint went to Thailand’s Jenjira Srisa-ard in 24.71, a new AIMAG record. 

"This medal means everything to me because I put everything into training. I trained four years for these Games," she said. Hong Kong led all the way to win the women’s medley relay in the fast time of 1:48.79. "It's surprising because we broke the Games record as well,” said  29-year-old veteran Sze Hang Yu.

"I'm the eldest swimmer on the team and there are some younger ones and I hope this medal will let them know that Hong Kong can win medals as well. To boost them up and let them know, we can do it”.

 

Following this achievement, on September 25, Anh Vien continues to amaze the fans by not only gaining a gold medal but also breaking the record of the Games in 100m medley female individual event with the result of 1 minute 00 second 68 (breaking the record of Zhou Yanxin in Incheon 2013 by 0.56 seconds).

 

In total, 23 AIMAG records were broken and one more was equalled during the competition. Of the 30 different swimming events, new records were set in 19 of them, with some having events seeing their records multiple times.

There were another five records set on the last night competition on Monday, including two from China, which finished as the most successful nation with a total of 29 medals, made up of 11 gold, 13 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Seven teams won at least one gold medal in the pool with Korea finishing second on the final medals table with 5 golds and 13 medals in total, followed by Hong Kong (4 gold, 14 total), Chinese Taipei (3 gold, 6 total), Kazakhstan (3 gold, 6 total), Thailand (2 gold, 9 total) and Vietnam (2 gold, 6 total). Uzbekistan (6 total) and India (1 total) also won medals, making nine teams in total reaching the podium.
(Ocasia.org)