The last Hai Duong athletes competing in SEA Games 32 have returned home.

Leaders of Hai Duong Province Sports Training, Coaching and Competition Center presented flowers to congratulate the athletes.

The leaders of the Hai Duong Province Sports Training, Coaching and Competition Center, coaches and athletes' families organized a welcoming ceremony for 6 high-achieving athletes of the province in the traditional Vietnamese rowing team. These are the last athletes of Hai Duong competing at the 32nd SEA Games to return home.

In the traditional rowing event at the 32nd SEA Games, Hai Duong had 5 athletes and 1 athlete-coach, including: Phan Thi Linh, Pham Hong Quan, Vu Dinh Linh, Nguyen Van Viet, Nguyen Van Cuong, Chau Dai Duong, winning 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal. This result helped the Vietnamese traditional rowing team rank third overall.

Family welcomes athlete Nguyen Van Cuong at Noi Bai airport

In this year's lineup, rower Pham Hong Quan (22 years old) won 2 gold medals at the 31st SEA Games. He is a key athlete of the national rowing team. He said that this year's competition program did not include Vietnam's strong events such as canoeing and rowing, so Quan and the athletes had many difficulties adapting to dragon boating. Some events lacked training equipment, but the athletes' determination helped the team achieve high results.

At the end of the 32nd SEA Games, the high-achieving athletes of Hai Duong province won 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals.

After arriving at Noi Bai airport to meet with the center's leaders and relatives, all 6 traditional rowing athletes of Hai Duong immediately moved to Hai Phong to practice and prepare for upcoming tournaments.

HUNG TUAN