Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh continues to harvest medals
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Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh (No. 624) always demonstrates her highest competition spirit. |
Winning six medals in three competitions
With local funding, in February 2018, Nguyen Thi Oanh competed at the 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Iran. Despite facing top athletes in the continent, Oanh was very confident. She consecutively won two bronze medals in the medium distance races of 1,500m and 3,000m for women, which are her strength. One month later, Oanh earned a gold medal in the women’s 5km run at the Tien Phong newspaper Marathon Tournament. Additionally, Oanh and her teammates of Bac Giang also won a silver medal at the tournament.
Most recently, at the Singapore Open Track & Field Championships 2018 (early April), Oanh easily outran her competitors on the track to win two gold medals in the women’s 1,500m and 3,000m with hurdles. With 4:16:13 seconds in the 1,500m event, she surpassed her own record at the SEA Games 29.
Ngo Hoang Long, Director of the Bac Giang
A momentum for ASIAD 18
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Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh. |
The Singapore Open Track & Field Championships 2018 was one of the important events for members of the national athletics team to review and evaluate their ability in preparation for the upcoming 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18). With what she has shown, Oanh surely will be the optimal choice for the distances where she earned her glory at
Talking about her recent successes, Nguyen Thi Oanh said aside from the medals, the most important thing is that she can keep the passion and confidence on the running tracks.
Shortly after returning from Singapore, Oanh joined her teammates at the Hanoi National
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