Two Bac Giang athletes compete at ASIAD 19

BAC GIANG - The 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 19) will be held in China from September 23 to October 8. The Vietnam Sports Delegation registered 337 athletes to compete in 31 games at the event, including track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh and wushu player Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy from Bac Giang province.

Before attending this ASIAD, Nguyen Thi Oanh won 4 gold medals in athletics at the 32nd SEA Games. Although she did not win a medal when facing strong world-class opponents at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships (taking place in July) and the Athletics Championships World Cup 2023 (taking place in last August), the Bac Giang star runner still had impressive and commendable performances at her familiar running track of 1,500 m.

Star runner Nguyen Thi Oanh.

At ASIAD 19, martial artist Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy will compete in wushu in the 60 kg weight group. For over the past month (from August 17 to September 17), she and Vietnamese athletes have trained in Yunnan province (China). At ASIAD 18, Thuy competed in the 52 kg event but she did not win a medal when she met strong rivals.

Martial artist Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy.

Athletics athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh (born 1995) from My Ha commune (Lang Giang) and martial artist Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy (born 1998) from Ngoc Chau commune (Tan Yen) are two of the typical and outstanding athletes of Vietnam. This is the second time both female athletes have participated in the biggest sports event of the continent.

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Second-class labour Order awarded to Bac Giang runner Nguyen Thi Oanh

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"Golden girl" Nguyen Thi Oanh and extraordinary running steps at SEA Games 32

(BGO) - "Excellent", "wonderful", "class is forever", "admiring you", "congratulations to the golden girl" are words expressing admiration, love and pride on social networks toward runner Nguyen Thi Oanh, a small girl from Bac Giang who has excellently won two gold medals in the women’s 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase at SEA Games 32 on the afternoon of May 9.