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Five golds for Vietnam in SEA Games 31’s athletics

Vietnam pocketed five gold medals in SEA Games 31's athletics competitions on May 15, and this makes its target of 15-17 golds set for the sport of the Games achievable.
Five golds for Vietnam in SEA Games 31’s athletics ảnh 1Nguyen Thi Huyen (L) and Quach Thi Lan win gold and bronze for Vietnam in the women's 400m (Photo: VNA)
 Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam pocketed five gold medals in SEA Games 31's athletics competitions on May 15 – the third officialcompetition day of the Games, and this makes its target of 15-17golds set for the sport of the Games achievable.

The most noteworthy achievement of the day belonged torunner Nguyen Thi Oanh who won the women’s 3,000m hurdles with 9 min 46 secthat broke her own record of 10 min 0.02 sec set at the SEA Games 30 in thePhilippines.

One day earlier, Oanh also triumphed in the women’s 1,500mand 5,000m.

The other golds were won by Nguyen Van Lai in the men’s5,000m, Nguyen Thi Huyen in the women’s 400m, Nguyen Tien Trong in the men’slong jump, and Phan Thi Diem in the women’s high jump.

After the first two competition days of the sport, the teamwon a total of nine gold, eight silver and two bronze medals, thus temporarilytopping the tally./.
VNA
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