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Vietnamese athletes to compete at Philippines open athletics championships

The Vietnamese national track-and-field team will participate in the Philippines Open Athletics Championships which is scheduled to take place from March 21 to March 26 in the Philippines.
Vietnamese athletes to compete at Philippines open athletics championships ảnh 1Bui Thi Nguyen, champion of the SEA Games 31 (Photo: sggp.org.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese national track-and-field team willparticipate in the Philippines Open Athletics Championships which is scheduledto take place from March 21 to March 26 in the Philippines.

Most notably, the event will see Bui Thi Nguyen, champion of the 31st SoutheastAsian Games (SEA Games 31), and her teammate Huynh Thi My Tien compete in thewomen’s 100m hurdles, reported Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

The other local athletes on the Vietnamese team will compete in the men’s 400mhurdles and women’s 400m hurdles, both of which are key competitions asVietnamese athletes prepare for SEA Games 32 which is to be held this May inCambodia.

The Philippine National Open Athletics Championships organised by thePhilippine Athletics Track and Field Association is an annual outdoortrack-and-field competition.

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place at the PhilSports Stadiumin Pasig in 2020, but was postponed due to the development of the COVID-19pandemic, with this year marking the third version of the championships.

Vietnam sent a total of 12 athletes to the 2023 edition and the event isconsidered to be preparation for them ahead of SEA Games 32 in May./.
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