The 1^st events in the marathon swimming competition at the 5^th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) took place today, and the 1^st medals of the week were awarded.

The top 3 finishers in the men’s 10km event

In the men’s 10km event, Vitaliy Khudyakov from Kazakhstan won the gold medal in a time of 2 hours 2 mins and 7.2 secs.  Wenhao Wang from China came second in 2 hours 4 mins and 55.9 secs, whilst Mohammad Saleh from Syria finished third in 2 hours 6 mins and 20.4 secs.  Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang came 4^th out of the 13 participants in a time of 2 hours 6 mins and 29 seconds.  

In the women’s 5km, the gold medal went to Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn from Thailand after she finished in 1 hour 5 mins and 57.6 secs.  Lei Shan and Li Yilin, both from China, respectively took the silver and bronze medals.

As for the Vietnamese swimmers, Tran Thi Hong Cam and Le Thi My Thao respectively finished 6^th and 7^th in the times of 1 hour 7 mins and 13.3 secs, and 1 hour 7 mins and 39.4 secs.

The 2^nd and final day of the marathon swimming is tomorrow (Saturday) from 7.30am, with the 5km men’s and 10 km women’s races.