Vietnamese Admiral won Paralympic gold medal 2016, breaking world record

The athlete Le Van Cong successfully conquered 183kg weight, thereby helping Vietnam for the first time in history to win gold medal in the Olympics for people with disabilities.

On the evening of September 8 (Hanoi time), athlete Le Van Cong entered the men's 49kg class, bringing with him the golden hope for the Vietnam disabled sports team because he holds the world record in this weight class. with 182kg weight class.

And Ha Tinh's athletes have maintained their form to win the first gold medal for Vietnam at Paralympic 2016 , while breaking the world record with 183kg weight. This is the first time Vietnamese sports won gold medals at a Paralympic period.

Le Van Cong choked back when he brought back the first gold medal in Paralympic history for Vietnamese sports.(Photo: Reuters).

This content has 9 athletes competing, with each person receiving 3 turns. The biggest rival of Vietnamese elections is Omar Qarada of Jordan. At the first turn, Cong registered 175 kg of weightlifting and success. Qarada in the first round only registered a weight of 170kg.

In the second election, Omar rose to 177kg and the Jordanian election continued to conquer successfully. In contrast, Gong failed at 179kg, pushed down to second place after two turns.

In the third election, two athletes registered the 181kg weight. And if they both succeed at this level, Jordanian will win gold because he has a lighter body weight than Cong. At the decisive moment, Vietnamese athletes created miracles. He took a deep breath, took all his energy and successfully conquered. Vietnamese disabled sports officials and teams were present at the Riocentro Pavilion 2 gymnasium to dance happily, but Cong only kissed the barbell lightly because he had to wait for his opponent's exam.

Le Van Cong did not succeed at the second election, but excelled at the third election to win gold medal.

Returning to the waiting room, Vietnamese athletes watch over Qarada's television turn. And the moment of winning the first gold medal in the Paralympic history of Vietnam came when the Jordanian election failed at the weight of 181kg.

After having a gold medal, Vietnamese delegates are entitled to nominate one more time. In excitement and joy, he successfully conquered a 183kg weight, to establish the world record in the male category of 49kg.

The winner of this event is Hungarian Naldo Tunkel with 155kg weight.

Admiral Le Van Cong was excited after setting a world record.

Le Van Cong was born in 1986 in Ha Tinh. His legs were shrunken because his mother had dengue fever during pregnancy. The boy grew up in guilt because of his disability, and in 2005 he set out for the South with a desire to win fate.

Cong then joined the class at a young disabled handicraft club in Ho Chi Minh City, then was introduced to the weightlifting club's fitness and exercise program in Tan Binh district. He has a strong interest in weightlifting from here and has brought a lot of achievements for the Vietnamese disabled sports team in regional, continental and world arenas.

The previous outstanding achievements of Le Van Cong include the national silver medal in 2005, the 2007 Asian gold medal, the silver medal in the 2007 world weightlifting championship, the gold Para Games 2009, 2014, the world silver medal in 2014, HC gold Asian Games 2014, Asian gold HC 2015.

Men's 49kg Paralympic weightlifting competition results 2016