Nguyen Huy Hoang (Quang Tri) defended his championship title in the men's 1,500m freestyle event at the 2025 National Swimming Championship held in Hanoi.
In the distance final on October 5, Nguyen Huy Hoang had many direct competitors for achievements such as Mai Tran Tuan Anh (Army), Do Ngoc Vinh (Hanoi), Nguyen Quang Thuan (Army), Tran Van Nguyen Quoc (Da Nang), Nguyen Vinh Thai Bao (Ho Chi Minh City) ...
With experience and outstanding professional ability at the school distance, Nguyen Huy Hoang won first with a result of 15 minutes 35 seconds 34. Last year, Huy Hoang was the champion of the men's 1,500m distance.
Athlete Mai Tran Tuan Anh finished second (15 minutes 41 seconds 82) and third place was Do Ngoc Vinh (15 minutes 43 seconds 62).
5 days ago, Nguyen Huy Hoang won the gold medal in the 1,500m freestyle distance at the 2025 Asian Championship in India with a result of 15 minutes and 15 seconds 01. Currently, the national record for this distance is 14 minutes 58 seconds 14 set by Nguyen Huy Hoang in 2019.
The 2025 National Swimming Championship will continue to compete until October 9 in Hanoi. The swimming pool of the Vietnam Swimming Team all participated in the competition. After the first 2 days of competition, the Army swimming team is temporarily leading with 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals, 1 bronze medal.
The teams of Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Vinh Long are in the next position. Nguyen Huy Hoang's championship achievement on October 5 is the first gold medal of the Quang Tri swimming team to date.
