Athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh takes 1,500m Asian Indoor Championship title

Nguyen Thi Oanh made a triumphant statement by securing a gold medal in the women's 1,500-metre event at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana City, Kazakhstan, on February 11.
Athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh takes 1,500m Asian Indoor Championship title ảnh 1Nguyen Thi Oanh runs at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. She won gold in the women's 1,500m event on February 11 in Kazakhstan. (Photo of AAA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nguyen Thi Oanh made a triumphantstatement by securing a gold medal in the women's 1,500-metre event at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana City, Kazakhstan, on February 11. 

Competing against strong contenders from China, Japan, and Kuwait, Oanh beganin the seventh lane.

The SEA Games champion quickly rose to the occasion, taking the lead after oneand a half laps and widening her gap from her competitors as the raceprogressed.

She crossed the finish line in 4 minutes and 15.55 seconds, smashing TruongThanh Hang's national record of 4:23.04 set 14 years ago and outpacing hernearest rival, Japan's Goto Yume, by almost 50 meters and 4 seconds. Yumefinished with a time of 4:19.29, while Akbayan Nurmamet of Kazakhstan placedthird with a time of 4:21.29.

On February 10, Oanh competed in the women's 3,000m, the event that she had notcompeted in for years. She finished with a time of 9:18.41 which was muchbetter than the result of 9:48.48, which brought her a bronze in the 2018championship in Iran.

It is the third gold of Vietnam in this competition. The first two went to Hangin the women's 800m event in 2010 and Bui Thi Thu Thao in the women's long jumpevent in 2018, respectively.

It is also Oanh's first title in the Asian Indoor tournament. She bagged twobronzes in her first participation in 2018.

Minutes after Oanh's victory, another Vietnamese athlete, Nguyen Thi Huyen,secured a silver in the women's 400m event. The SEA Games champion finishedsecond, clocking 54.67sec, just 0.6sec behind the winner Elina Mikhina ofKazakhstan.

SEA Games winner Luong Duc Phuoc took part in the men's 1,500m event. Despitehis big effort, he placed ninth from 12 runners.

The top three were Kazuto Ilzawa of Japan, Mohammad Algarni and Musaab AdamAli, both of Qatar.

The last Vietnamese competitor Nguyen Trung Cuong will compete in the men's3,000m against 14 other runners.

Cuong is the defending champion and record holder of the National Sports Games3,000m steeplechase.

The tournament is from February 10-12, with about 500 athletes from 31countries and territories competing across 26 disciplines of running, throwing,jumping, and all-around events.

The Astana championships are the 10th edition of the tournament. The biennialevent, organised by Asian Athletics Association, was cancelled in 2020, whilelast year’s event was pushed forward due to COVID-19.

In the 2018 championship, Vietnam ranked seventh with one gold and three bronzes./.
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