HÀ NỘI — Thirty-five-year-old-swimmer Hà Văn Hiệp burst into tears when he received a gold medal for the men’s SB3 50m breaststroke at the ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia, his first international gold after 10 years of hard training. He is Việt Nam’s Para Games swimmer with the most serious disability, suffering from a crooked backbone, weak left arm and paralysed legs. Despite this, he never gave up his goal of winning an international gold medal. Over the past 10 years, he moved to HCM City to train and his efforts were repaid with a gold medal in Malaysia. The gold medal at the ASEAN Para Games proved that.

Source: Viet Nam News September 30, 2017 03:00 UTC