Dong Nai City finswimmers win 17 gold medals at Southeast Asian Finswimming Championships

At the conclusion of the 2026 Southeast Asia Finswimming Championship and Southeast Asia Age Group Finswimming Championship, finswimmers from Dong Nai City won 17 gold, 12 silver and two bronze medals, contributing to Vietnam’s first-place finish in the overall team standings.

Coaches congratulate members of the Dong Nai City finswimming team on their outstanding achievements at the Southeast Asian Finswimming Championships.

The 2026 Southeast Asia Finswimming Championship and Southeast Asia Age Group Finswimming Championship took place from October 29 to November 1 at the MBJB Aquatic Centre in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. This year's competition comprised two simultaneous events: the 3rd Southeast Asian Finswimming Championship and the inaugural Southeast Asia Age Group Finswimming Championship, attracting athletes from numerous countries across the region.

Vietnam sent a 62-member delegation, including 46 athletes, officials, specialists and coaches, to compete in all events in both the senior and age-group categories. Dong Nai City was represented by two coaches and seven athletes.

At the end of the competition, all seven Dong Nai athletes competing for the Vietnamese national finswimming team delivered outstanding performances, winning medals and contributing a total of 17 gold, 12 silver and two bronze medals across the senior and age-group categories. In the senior category, they secured seven gold, six silver and one bronze medal. In the age-group category, they won 10 gold, six silver and one bronze medal.

Dong Nai athletes Vu Dang Nhat Nam and Nguyen Le Truyen Dat (wearing red) stand on the medal podium at the Southeast Asian Finswimming Championship.

Among the medal winners, Dong Nai athlete Vu Dang Nhat Nam was named Outstanding Male Athlete in the senior category after winning six gold medals. He claimed four individual titles in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m bifins events, along with two relay golds in the mixed 4x100m bifins and mixed 4x100m SB events. Young athlete Le Hoang Thien An was also named Outstanding Male Athlete in the 12–13 age group after securing six gold medals in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m bifins events, the mixed 4x100m bifins relay and the mixed 4x50m SB relay.

Dong Nai athletes Vu Dang Nhat Nam (right), named Outstanding Male Athlete in the senior category, and Le Hoang Thien An, named Outstanding Male Athlete in the 12–13 age group.

In the senior category, Nguyen Le Truyen Dat won one gold medal in the mixed 4x100m bifins relay, three silver medals in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m bifins events, and one bronze medal in the men's 50m bifins event. Tran Thi Hoai Thuong secured two gold medals in the women's 4x100m surface relay and mixed 4x100m bifins relay, as well as three silver medals in the women's 200m, 400m and 800m surface finswimming events. In the age-group category, Pham Thanh Nam won two gold medals in the mixed 4x100m bifins relay and men's 4x100m surface relay, two silver medals in the men's 50m and 100m bifins events, and one bronze medal in the men's 400m bifins event. Le Thi Thanh Tuyen claimed three gold medals in the women's 50m and 100m bifins events and the mixed 4x100m bifins relay in the 16–17 age group. Meanwhile, Mai Ngoc Nha Uyen won one gold medal in the mixed 4x100m bifins relay and four silver medals in the women's 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m bifins events in the 12–13 age group.

The Vietnamese finswimming team finishes first in the overall standings at the 2026 Southeast Asian Finswimming Championships.

The achievements of Dong Nai City's finswimming team contributed to Vietnam's overall medal tally of 160, comprising 92 gold, 62 silver and six bronze medals. The Vietnamese team topped the overall standings, further affirming its leading position in the region.

At the 2025 Southeast Asian Finswimming Championships in Indonesia, Vietnam also topped the senior-category standings with 31 gold, 22 silver and six bronze medals. The country's junior athletes additionally won 24 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals, finishing first in the age-group competition.

By Huy Anh – Translated by Mai Nga, Minho