CLARK - Such is Vietnam swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien's dogged focus on her career that she does not have a mobile phone or a Facebook account, despite earning billions of dong in prize money and sponsorships.
The 23-year-old, nicknamed the Little Mermaid, admitted that her days consist only of "training, eating, sleeping and training again", but she is happy to forsake a regular life for her sport.
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