Many records set at National Sports Games

Runner Nguyễn Thị Oanh celebrates her result in the women’s  一0,000m event at National Sports Games. — Photo thanhnien.vn

Athletics

HÀ NỘI — Many national and Games records have been set at the National Sports Games.

In the women’s  一0,000m event, Nguyễn Thị Oanh proved her invincibility in this division. She finished first with a time of  三 三: 一 三. 二 三, breaking the national record of  三 四:0 二. 五 九 set by Phạm Thị Hồng Lệ at the national championship last year.

Oanh’s result is considered the best female  一0,000m running parameter in Southeast Asia over the past decade. It also broke the Games record of  三 五: 一0. 一 七 set by Phạm Thị Huệ in  二0 一 八.

While on the men’s side, veteran Nguyễn Văn Lai showed his strong sprint to take gold medal with a time of  三0: 三 六. 八 六. His result broke the record of  三0: 四 六. 二 一 of Nguyễn Chí Đông set  二0 years ago at the  二00 二 National Sports Games, to nearly  一0 seconds.

Athletics saw Lê Thị Tuyết, who weighs just  三 七kg and is  一. 四0m tall, breaking the Games record in the women’s marathon. She finished with a time of  二: 四 七. 三, breaking the record of  二: 四 八.00 set by Phạm Thị Bình in  二0 一 四.

Runner Lê Thị Tuyết won gold and broke the Games record in the women’s marathon. — Photo thanhnien.vn

SEA Games  三 一 champion Hoàng Nguyên Thanh not only won the men's marathon gold medal with a time of  二: 二 五.0 二, but also broke the Games record of  二: 二 六. 三 二 of Bùi Thế Anh in  二0 一 四.

In May, Thanh became the first Vietnamese male athlete to win a gold medal in the marathon event at the SEA Games.

Elsewhere, Ngần Ngọc Nghĩa also impressed in the men's  一00m race with two special records.

He successfully completed the category after clocking a time of  一0. 三 五sec, breaking his own national record of  一0. 四0 set at the  二0 二0 national championship. At the same time, he broke his own Games record of  一0. 四 七 set in  二0 一 八.

In the women's heptathlon, Nguyễn Linh Na achieved  五, 四 四0 points, breaking the Games record of  五, 二 七 七 points set by Nguyễn Thị Thu Cúc in Đà Nẵng in  二00 六. Na also made her new national record when she broke her own national record of  五, 四 一 五 points set at the  三 一st SEA Games in May.

Nguyễn Trung Cường, who won the  二0 一 八 Asian Youth Championship's bronze medal and silver medal at the  三0th SEA Games, bagged gold medal in the men's  三000m obstacle race.

Cường completed his race in  八: 五 八. 三 五 to surpass the Games’ record of  八: 五 九.0 六 set by Đỗ Quốc Luật in  二0 一 八 in Hà Nội

In the men’s  五,000m race, Cường also beat  三 六-year-old runner Lai to take gold and set a new Games record with a time of  一 四: 三 三. 五 四. The previous Games record of  一 四: 三 八. 九 二 was set by Lai in National Sports Games  二0 一0.

Cường has come back strong and powerful because just eight months ago, he failed to win a place to attend the  三 一st SEA Games and he only finished fourth in the National Athletics Championship in  二0 二 一.

In other news, Bùi Thị Nguyên, the  三 一st SEA Games champion won gold and broke the Games record in the women's  一00m hurdles with a time of  一 三. 三 八, breaking the old Games record of  一 三. 四 九 set by Bạch Phương Thảo in  二0 一0.

In the men’s long jump, Nguyễn Tiến Trọng won gold medal and and set a new Games record with a jump of  七. 七 七m, surpassing the old record of  七. 七0m set by Phạm Văn Lâm at the National Sports Games  二0 一 八. Trọng is still holding the national record of  七. 九 八m performed at the  二0 一 九 national championship.

The National Sports Festival takes place every four years.  四 三 sports are held in  一 一 cities and provinces but the main host is Quảng Ninh Province.

The athletics sports attracted the participation of  五0 二 athletes, competing for  五0 events. — VNS