LookAtVietnam – Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huu Viet topped his personal best in the men’s 100m breaststroke at the World Swimming Championships in Rome on Monday, to ran eighth in Asia.

Nguyen Huu Viet. (Photo: TNO)

The Hai Phong-born swimmer hopes to win his third gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in Laos this December, which he has dominated in the breaststroke since the 23rd SEA Games in the Philippines four years ago.

At the Philippines’ SEA Games, Viet took home a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke, an event the country hadn’t seen a gold in for 32 years.

At the National Short Course Swimming Championships in Ha Noi in March, Viet also set three national records during the course of four days.

He failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in the 100m breaststroke when he finished 58 out of 63.

Also at the world championship on Monday, Viet’s team-mate Do Huy Long from Ha Noi swam the 100m backstroke in 58.79sec, improving his previous best of 59.60.

Vo Thai Nguyen and Vo Thi Thanh Vy will compete in the women’s freestyle events later in the competition.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News