Weightlifter Le Van Cong broke the world record at the 2015
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Asian Open
Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sunday.
Disabled Vietnamese weightlifter Le Van Cong will receive VND10 million
(US$476) per month from his sponsor, the Viet Nam Institute for
Biomedical Physics, for 20 months from January this year.
Vietnamese athletes with disabilities are expected to perform better at
the Asian Para-Games which kicks off in Incheon, South Korea beginning
October 18.
