HCM City Open International Athletics Tournament

HCM City (VNA) – Four national records were broken at the 17 th HCM City Open
International Athletics Tournament which took place from July 17-19.

Nguyen Van Hung made a new personal best of 16.41m, shattering his previous record
of 16.37m in the triple jump while Vu Van Huyen from the Army jumped over 4.75m to
break his record of 4.7m that he set last year in the men’s pole vault.

In the men’s javelin, Nguyen Truong Giang from the southern province of Ben Tre
also broke his own record. His best throw was 69.04m, far better than his previous
record of 65.22m which he set in April 2006 in Hanoi.

National holder Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc from the central city of Da Nang shattered
her own record in the women’s 5,000m walk with a winning time of 23 minutes 47
seconds, one minute and 13 seconds less than last year in HCM City.

Nguyen Dinh Cuong took gold in the 800m and 1,500m while Truong Thanh Hang won the
women’s 10,000m.

Vu Thi Huong and Le Ngoc Phuong also pocketed gold medals in the women’s 100m
and 200m, respectively.

The Vietnamese team came first with eight gold medals, five silvers and two
bronzes. The runner up was the Republic of Korea followed by Thailand, Singapore
and Malaysia.

The 17 th annual tournament attracted 322 athletes from Canada, Malaysia,
Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.-Enditem









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