Ho Chi Minh City won the overall title at the 2025 National Swimming Championship

Nguyen Huy Hoang is the swimmer who won the most individual gold medals among the male athletes competing in the 2025 National Swimming Championship. Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City swimming team excellently topped the tournament's medal tally.

Nguyen Huy Hoang (center) celebrates his 5th gold medal at the 2025 National Swimming Championship - Photo: NGOC LE

On the evening of October 9, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang won the 5th gold medal for the Quang Tri swimming team at the 2025 National Swimming Championship. He finished first in the men's 200m butterfly with a time of 2 minutes 1 second 29, thereby affirming his position as number 1 among the national male athletes participating in the competition.

That is because no male athlete won as many gold medals as Nguyen Huy Hoang. Swimmer Pham Thanh Bao of Vinh Long team also won only 3 individual gold medals. Luong Jeremie of Ho Chi Minh City team won only 2 gold medals in 2 events. Tran Hung Nguyen of the Army won only 1 gold medal.

This is the second time in his career participating in national swimming championships that Nguyen Huy Hoang has won 5 gold medals in 5 different events. The last time he reached the highest podium 5 times was at the national swimming championship 5 years ago (2020).

"I'm very happy. In the past, I usually won only 3 to 4 gold medals. This year, I feel lucky," Nguyen Huy Hoang told Tuoi Tre Online .

He continued: "I am regaining my best competitive feeling. This is the tournament where I am preparing to reach my peak performance for the 33rd SEA Games. Although I have not been able to break my own national records in the 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle and 1,500m freestyle, I feel like I am gradually reaching a feeling of fullness."

Nguyen Huy Hoang, born in 2000, is a gold mine for the Vietnamese swimming team at the recent SEA Games and a hope to compete for medals at the ASIAD. At the age of 25, he is still Vietnam's number 1 swimmer in the men's freestyle events.

Ho Chi Minh City athletes participated in the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay on the afternoon of October 9 and won a bronze medal - Photo: NGOC LE

The 2025 National Swimming Championship has ended with the number 1 position of the entire team belonging to the Ho Chi Minh City swimming team. In the second time leading the entire team, Ho Chi Minh City excellently won 13 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 11 bronze medals. The following teams are Tay Ninh (9 gold medals) and the Army (8 gold medals). Huy Hoang's Quang Tri team ranked fourth with 5 gold medals won by this swimmer.

In the late afternoon of October 9, the Ho Chi Minh City swimming team won 3 more medals to consolidate their first place in the following events: gold medal in the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay, bronze medal in the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay, and silver medal in the women's 200m backstroke for Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram. This is an impressive achievement for the Ho Chi Minh City swimming team.

NGOC LE

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-nhat-toan-doan-tai-giai-boi-vo-dich-quoc-gia-2025-20251009201547518.htm