Nguyen Thi Oanh secures the medal gold in the women’s 1,500-metre event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam, with one gold and one silver, ranked 8th in medal tally of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023, which concludedin Astana city, Kazakhstan on February 12.
Japan ranked firstwith six gold, five silver, and four bronze medals, and Kazakhstan came second with six gold, three silver and three bronze medals.
In the Southeast Asianregion, Vietnam topped the list, followed by Indonesia, the Philippinesand Thailand.
Four Vietnamese athletes to the tournament are Nguyen ThiOanh, who secured the medal gold in the women’s 1,500-metre event, Nguyen ThiHuyen, who brought home the silver medal in the women’s 400m event, Luong Duc Phuoc and Nguyen Tung Cuong.
The three-daytournament saw the participation of about 500 athletes from 31 countriesand 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 threebronzes./.
