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Vietnam wins first-ever Paralympic gold medal
Thu Minh 14:39, 2016/09/09
In early morning of September 9 (Vietnam time), power-lifter Le Van Cong has won the first-ever gold medal at a Paralympics for Vietnam in the men’s 49kg category.
With a lift of 181kg, power-lifter Le Van Cong obtained the gold medal at the ongoing Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in early morning of September 9 (Vietnam time). 
 
Le Van Cong celebrates after succeeding in the men’s 49kg category.
Le Van Cong celebrates after succeeding in the men’s 49kg category.
The medal is also the first of its kind for Vietnam since it started competing at a Paralympics in 2000. 
In the last lift of 183kg, he broke his own world record of 182kg, set at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee Powerlifting Asian Open Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 
Power-lifter Le Van Cong, 32, is one of the 22 members, including 11 athletes, of the Vietnamese delegation to the Paralympics. They will compete in athletics, swimming and powerlifting.
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