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Vietnamese athletes prepare for three major Asian-level tournaments in 2024

Vietnamese athletes will have the opportunity to take part in three major Asian-level tournaments in 2024.
Vietnamese athletes prepare for three major Asian-level tournaments in 2024 ảnh 1Le Thi Tuyet, a rising marathon star (Photo: webthethao.vn) 
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese athletes will have theopportunity to take part in three major Asian-level tournaments in 2024.

Nguyen Manh Hung, General Secretary of the Vietnam Athletics Federation, hasannounced that the Asian region will host three events next year: the AsianMarathon Championship on January 21, 2024, in China’s Hong Kong; the AsianIndoor Championship on February 15-20, 2024, in Iran; and the Asian U20Championship on April 22-28, 2024, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

2024 is considered a relatively quiet year for Vietnamese athletics, as therewill be no SEA Games or Asian Games. In addition to domestic tournaments, thesemajor Asian events will serve as the primary competitions for Vietnameseathletes to gain experience and prepare for the SEA Games 33 in Thailand in2025.

Vietnam will start their preparations for the 2024 Asian Marathon Championshipwith two tournaments in the first week of the new year. These tournaments arethe Việt Nam International Half Marathon on January 1 in Hanoi and the NationalBa Ra Mountain Climbing Tournament on January 6 in Bình Phước Province. Theseevents will attract the best long-distance runners in the country, and theywill serve as a basis for selecting players for the 2024 Asian MarathonChampionship.

The Vietnamese national athletics team will officially meet in early 2024 toprepare for the international events.

In aprevious competitions, the national marathon team represented Việt Nam at the32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in May 2023. Hoang Nguyen Thanh won a bronze medalin the men's marathon category with a time of 2:35.49, and Le Thi Tuyet won asilver medal in the women's marathon category with a time of 2:49.2. Bothathletes will participate in the Vietnam International Half Marathon 2024. Thisevent is the first race in Vietnam to be licensed, supervised, and operated bythe Asian Athletics Association. In the inaugural season in January 2023,thousands of runners competed on the roads around Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

This year, the tournament, jointly organised by the Hanoi People's Committeeand the Vietnam Athletics Federation, is expected to attract even more eliterunners and amateur marathoners who will compete on the first day of the newyear.

As usual, athletes will participate in the half marathon (21.0975km), 10km, and5km categories for professional and amateur competitors./.
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