Athlete Bui Thi Xuan of Vietnam (Photo: plo.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Two recordswere made in the Ho Chi Minh City International Track and Field ChampionshipsOpen on July 27.
Bui Thi Xuan of Vietnam hurled an outstanding throw of 51.70m in the women’s javelinevent.
Xuan won a gold medal, and her result is a new bar in thetournament.
The old record of 56.60 was also made by her last year.
Xuan is a member of the national team which will compete in theupcoming Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia.
Hours later, Nguyen Van Dong of the hosts became the new championand record holder in the men’s long jump event.
Dong achieved a result of 7.89m and surpassed his No 1 rival PhamVan Lam, the former winner.
Lam, who won a silver medal at the Singapore SEA Games two yearsago, had set the old record of 7.73m in 2013.
In the men’s high jump event, Malaysian veteran Lee Hup Wei took agold medal with a jump of 2.18m. Cao Vo Ngoc Long of HCM City team came secondwith 2.13m.
The result was better than Long’s jump (2.10m) that won him atitle in the recent Asian championship for junior athletes.
Nguyen Thi Huyen of Vietnam finished firstin the women’s 400m, timing 54.40sec.
Vietnamese athletes won gold medal in the women’s 4x100m relay.
The tournament will continue today with the 200m, 400m hurdle and1,500m events for both men and women.
The annual tournament is in its 24th edition. It has beenrecognised as an official event of the Asian Athletics Association since 2010.
This year, seven countries and territories have sent athletes to thetournament.
The organisers reported that there were about 120 foreign athletesand 500 local participants.-VNA
Bui Thi Xuan of Vietnam hurled an outstanding throw of 51.70m in the women’s javelinevent.
Xuan won a gold medal, and her result is a new bar in thetournament.
The old record of 56.60 was also made by her last year.
Xuan is a member of the national team which will compete in theupcoming Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia.
Hours later, Nguyen Van Dong of the hosts became the new championand record holder in the men’s long jump event.
Dong achieved a result of 7.89m and surpassed his No 1 rival PhamVan Lam, the former winner.
Lam, who won a silver medal at the Singapore SEA Games two yearsago, had set the old record of 7.73m in 2013.
In the men’s high jump event, Malaysian veteran Lee Hup Wei took agold medal with a jump of 2.18m. Cao Vo Ngoc Long of HCM City team came secondwith 2.13m.
The result was better than Long’s jump (2.10m) that won him atitle in the recent Asian championship for junior athletes.
Nguyen Thi Huyen of Vietnam finished firstin the women’s 400m, timing 54.40sec.
Vietnamese athletes won gold medal in the women’s 4x100m relay.
The tournament will continue today with the 200m, 400m hurdle and1,500m events for both men and women.
The annual tournament is in its 24th edition. It has beenrecognised as an official event of the Asian Athletics Association since 2010.
This year, seven countries and territories have sent athletes to thetournament.
The organisers reported that there were about 120 foreign athletesand 500 local participants.-VNA
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