Vietnam's swimmers, lifters, athletes win gold at Para Games

Dang Thi Linh Phuong won two golds in the women's 50kg powerlifting event. After three attempts, she topped the podium with a total lift of 279kg to take the first gold. Her best lift of 95kg was also the heaviest among the four competitors' result.

These were the first golds for the powerlifting team at this year's Games.

Her teammate Le Van Cong was also successful in the men's 45kg class. Cong's best lift of 168kg and total of 496kg ensured him two golds. Cong was Vietnam's first Paralympic champion after his triumph in Rio Games in 2016. He is also the world record holder with a lift of 183.5kg.

Coach Le Quang Thai said he was moved by his athletes' performances and believed the team would complete their task of winning at least 10 top medals at the Cambodian Games.

Other golds went to swimmer Nguyen Van Hanh in the men's 100m breaststroke SB11 category. Hanh finished first with a time of 1min 24.03sec.

In athletics, Nguyen Thi Hai won in women's shot put F57 category. Hai stood out from all other rivals with a throw of 8.6m. She will defend her titles in the javelin and discus in the coming days.

Vietnamese athletes also bagged four silver and eight bronze medals in athletics, swimming and judo.

After two days, Vietnam are in second in the medal tally with eight golds. Indonesia are top with 14 . Thailand sit in third with five golds.