Nearly 300 athletes take part in Dong Nai swimming tournament

11:11, 05/11/2017

(ĐN)- As many as 295 non-professional athletes, including 245 students, from across Dong Nai province took part in a swimming tournament for non-professional athletes and students at the provincial Sports Center on Friday.

 

(ĐN)- As many as 295 non-professional athletes, including 245 students, from across Dong Nai province took part in a swimming tournament for non-professional athletes and students at the provincial Sports Center on Friday.

At the end of the competition, the organizers awarded 48 sets of medals for amateur swimmers in four categories of butterfly-style, back-stoke, breast-stroke and free-style for both male and female individuals.

The event jointly held by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Education and Training and Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs aims to promote the swimming movement among youngsters as well as increase the prevention of child injuries in the province.

Reported by H.A