Successfully defending the ASIAD bronze medal, Nguyen Huy Hoang grabbed a ticket to the Olympics.

On the evening of September 28, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang entered the final round of the men's 800m freestyle event.

Huy Hoang celebrates the bronze medal in the men's 800m freestyle.

The Vietnamese athlete successfully defended the bronze medal with a time of 7 minutes 51 seconds 51.

At the same time, Huy Hoang also achieved standard A and won a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Meanwhile, Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min won gold medal with a time of 7 minutes 46 seconds 03. Right behind was Chinese athlete Fei Liwei.

In this race, Huy Hoang accelerated from the first 100m to maintain his position in the top 3 and create distance from the chasing group.

Despite being closely followed by Shogo Takeda, the swimmer from Quang Binh still tried his best to protect his achievement.

At one point, the 2000-born swimmer even threatened the second place of host country swimmer Fei Liwei.

But in the end, Huy Hoang still finished in 3rd place and won the bronze medal.

Previously, in the final of the men's 1,500m freestyle event on September 27, Huy Hoang regretfully lost the medal.

Despite maintaining third place throughout the 1,450m, the 23-year-old swimmer was eventually overtaken by Takeda Shogo in the last 50m.

In fact, Huy Hoang's achievement was only 77% of seconds behind the bronze medalist in this event.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/bao-ve-thanh-cong-hcd-asiad-kinh-ngu-viet-nam-giat-luon-ve-du-olympic-paris-192230928201123577.htm