Phước swims to two golds at Portugal int’l event

Vietnamese Hoàng Quý Phước poses with his coach and the gold medal won at the Lisbon International Meeting in Portugal. — Photo Hoàng Quý Phước Facebook

HÀ NỘI — Hoàng Quý Phước won two gold medals at the eighth Lisbon International Meeting which closed in Oeiras City, Portugal, on Sunday.

The Vietnamese swi妹妹er, who completes under his Hungarian club of BVSC-Juglo, triumphed in the men’s  一00m freestyle with a time of  四 九. 九 一sec, which is a new record at the tournament.

Gutierrez Juan Francisco Segura of Tavira Natacao club ( 五0. 三0) and Nascimento Miguel Duarte of Benfica club ( 五0. 三 四) were second and third, respectively.

He then went on to win the  二00m freestyle, clocking  一min  四 八. 九 三sec, setting a new record at the meeting and also his personal best.

Santos Alexis Manacas of SCP ( 一: 五 一. 七 二) and Sanchez Gutierrez-Cabello ( 一: 五 一. 七 八) received a silver and a bronze.

Phước also took part in the  五0m individual and a team event of  四x 一00m freestyle relay but he finished fifth in both events. — VNS