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Jumper takes bronze at Asian indoor champs

Duong Thi Viet Anh, one of three Vietnamese athletes to take part in the 4th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Hangzhou, won the bronze medal in the high jump on Feb. 18.
Duong Thi Viet Anh, one of three Vietnamese athletes to take part in the4th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Hangzhou, won the bronzemedal in the high jump on Feb. 18.

Anh was not onher best form due to a knee injury, managing to clear only 1.84m in theevent, well below her personal best.

Of the twoother Vietnamese athletes, Nguyen Thi Thuy failed to reach the final ofthe 400m race but Nguyen Thi Phuong still runs in the 3,000m on Feb. 20.

The Vietnamese team has high hopes that Phuong will bring home a medal./.
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