Vietnam ’s Truong Thanh Hang Grabs Silver Medal

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam ’s Truong Thanh Hang grabbed her third silver medal at
the Asian Athletics Association’s Grand Prix Series in Hong Kong on May 30, as
she finished her second of three legs.

Hang clocked in two minutes and 3.88 seconds in the women’s 800m third leg at
Wanchai Stadium in Hong Kong, just behind Margarita Matsko from Kazakhstan, who
finished first in 2:02.93.

Earlier on May 23, the former Asian champion Hang bagged two silvers in the
women’s 800m in the first leg in mainland China with a time of 2:4.15.

In the second leg in China on May 27, the HCM City-born athlete finished in
2:3.28 to win the silver medal.

At the event last year, Hang bagged three gold medals.

The 24-year-old sprinter will take a cash-prize of 2,400 USD from the organising
committee for her clutch of the three silver medals.

As scheduled, Hang will race at the Asian Athletics Championship in Guangzhou, China
in November before competing at the Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam and the Southeast
Asian Games in Laos this December.-Enditem