The Ho Chi Minh City International Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018 wrapped up on July 27 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City International Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018wrapped up on July 27.
Among theforeign teams, the Republic of Korea took the first place in the overallrankings with two gold, four silver and two bronze medals, followed by Thailandwith two gold, three silver and four bronze and the Philippines with two goldand one bronze medals.
Amongdomestic teams, the army team came first with three gold, three silver and onebronze. The Nam Dinh team was second with two gold, two silver and one bronze.In third place was the Hanoi team with two gold and two silver.
On thefinal day of the tournament, Lee Huyn-Jae from the RoK seized a gold medal inmen’s discus-throwing while Boonun Supot of Thailand triumphed in men’s TripleJump.
Inwomen’s 400m hurdle, Quach Thi Lan of Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa team claimed thefirst place with a time of 57.53 seconds. Meanwhile, Medina Francis from thePhilippines won in the men’s category clocking 51.08 seconds.
NguyenThi Oanh of Hanoi team and RoK runner Lee Jae-ha pocketed the gold medals inwomen and men’s 200m category, respectively.
Vietnameserunners Duong Van Thai and Nguyen Thi Oanh finished first in 1,500m categoryfor men’s and women’s, respectively.
Malaysia’sathlete Kamaruddin Norliyana secured first spot in women’s high jump with ajump of 1.82m.
The 25thedition of the event began on July 26, bringing together 400 athletes from 40provinces and cities nationwide and 120 foreign athletes from 11 countries andterritories. They competed in 22 categories for men and 21 for women.-VNA
