118 awards were given to the winning athletes.

After just 1-2 hours of competition, runners from Kenya together dominated the long distances of the VPIM race.

VPIM 2024 has more than 11,000 athletes participating, competing in 4 distances including: 42km, 21km, 10km and 5km. The athletes all start from Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square and finish on Tran Nhan Tong Street, with the running course standardized according to international standards by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).

In the men's 42km distance, the last-minute withdrawal of defending champion Pham Tien San has reduced this year's top race to a contest between two athletes from Kenya, Japhet Rono and Edwin Yebe.

Japhet Rono was the first athlete to finish the 42 km distance.

In fact, the Vietnamese runners chased the African duo until about the 10th kilometer but could not maintain the speed, allowing Japhet Rono and Edwin Yebe to overtake, creating a two-horse race to the finish line. Japhet Rono then finished first with a time of 2 hours and 35 minutes, 19 seconds ahead of Edwin Yebe.

Sharing after winning the championship, Japhet Rono said he was satisfied with his results. "Today is a great day and I have won my first championship in Vietnam. This is a large-scale tournament, organized very professionally, the organizers pay great attention and care for the athletes' experience. I was most impressed by the number of water stations arranged along the running route, which greatly supported the runners' energy" - Japhet Rono shared.

Before participating in VPIM 2024, Japhet Rono also participated in another race in Hanoi and only finished second. Japhet Rono's best time recorded for the 42km distance is 2 hours 23 minutes, which he created at the Bintulu Marathon last November.

Athlete Jane Wanjiru Muiriuki confidently conquers the track

In the women's 42km event, Japhet Rono's compatriot Jane Wanjiru Muiriuki also had no competitors for most of the race.

The female athlete born in 1982 finished first with a time of 3 hours, 6 minutes more than the second place winner Nong Thi Chang.

Another Kenyan athlete, Benson Oloisunga, also won the men's 21km race in 1 hour 11 minutes.

Meanwhile, the women's champion in this distance is Bui Thu Ha with a time of 1 hour 21 minutes.

This year’s race was more exciting in the middle distances. Luong Duc Phuoc won the men’s 10km championship with a time of 33 minutes and 37 seconds, beating Nguyen Hoang Thinh by 3 seconds. Doan Thu Hang won the women’s 10km championship with a time of 38 minutes and 27 seconds, beating the runner-up Hoang Thi Ngoc Anh by exactly 1 second.

Finally, in the 5km distance, the male champion was Sam Van Doi and the female champion was Bui Thi Ngan.

VPIM 2024 is the official annual international sporting event of Hanoi city and also a key, traditional sporting activity to practically celebrate the Capital Liberation Day on October 10, organized by VPBank .

This year, the tournament is the opening event for the Creative Design Festival, a program that VPBank is collaborating with the Hanoi People's Committee to organize to foster inspiration and stimulate creativity.

The VPIM 2024 route passes through Hanoi's most creative heritage works such as the Children's Palace, the State Bank, the Bac Bo Palace, Trang Tien Street, Ly Thai To Flower Garden, Toad Flower Garden... bringing runners a journey to discover the ancient and elegant beauty of Hanoi with thousands of years of civilization .

Throughout the race, the organizers installed music relay stations and creative cheering stations with many exciting performances by famous singers to motivate athletes to complete their PR goals as well as spread and connect humanistic values ​​in the running community.

At the end of the race, the Organizing Committee awarded 118 prizes worth a total of nearly 2 billion VND for the distances of 42 km, 21 km, 10 km and 5 km. The success of VPIM 2024 is an important milestone, continuing the explosion of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2024 co-organized by VPBank to join hands in building Hanoi worthy of the position of "creative conductor" of Vietnam.

VPIM is also a non-profit race, all revenue is invested in the quality of the race with a focus on runners, while contributing to charity and social security activities.

At the opening ceremony of the race, the VPIM Organizing Committee donated this amount of money equivalent to 330,000,000 VND to the program: Pair of Loving Leaves, implemented by VPBank in collaboration with Vietnam Television.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vpim-2024-118-giai-thuong-da-duoc-trao-cho-cac-van-dong-vien-gianh-chien-thang-185241013163836042.htm