Women's 4x400m relay team wins Asian silver medal

On the evening of May 29, the 2025 Asian Athletics Championship continued to take place in Gumi (Korea). The Vietnamese athletics team continued to win another silver medal in the women's 4x400m event.

The Vietnamese women's 4x400m relay team failed to successfully defend the Asian gold medal. Photo: VFF

In the final of the women's 4x400m event, the Vietnamese women's 4x400m relay team started in the following order: Nguyen Thi Hang, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Quach Thi Lan and Hoang Thi Minh Hanh. In the first three races, the Vietnamese girls competed fiercely for the leading position with three runners from India.

In the final run, the representative of Sri Lanka unexpectedly took the lead. In the last 100m, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh accelerated to keep the top 1 position. Unfortunately, in the last 60m, she was overtaken by the representative of India to finish first.

Athlete Quach Thi Lan of the women's 4x00m running team. Photo: VFF

As a result, the Indian team won the Gold Medal with a time of 3 minutes 34 seconds 18. The Vietnamese team won the Silver Medal with a time of 3 minutes 34 seconds 77 seconds. The Bronze Medal went to the Sri Lankan team with a time of 3 minutes 36 seconds 67 seconds. This is not the best result of the Lan - Hang - Ngoc - Hanh quartet. A year ago (2024), these four athletes finished first with a time of 3 minutes 30 seconds 81, to win the Gold Medal. This achievement shows that the Vietnamese athletics team still has a lot of work to do if they are determined to aim for a medal at the ASIAD in Japan next year 2026.

Nguyen Trung Cuong broke the national record for 3000m obstacle course that he himself set. Photo: TTVN

On the same day of competition, in the 3000m steeplechase event, athlete Nguyen Trung Cuong finished with an excellent result of 8 minutes 38 seconds 25. This result not only helped him win 5th place overall, but also broke the old national record (8:51.16) set by himself on July 2, 2018 in Finland.

Born in 2000 in Ha Tinh , Nguyen Trung Cuong has been known as a promising young talent in the Vietnamese athletics community. Trung Cuong has also won many medals at domestic and international athletics tournaments, especially in his specialty of the 3000m obstacle course - an event that requires endurance, speed and obstacle overcoming techniques. At this tournament, Trung Cuong competed tenaciously against strong opponents from India, Japan, Qatar...

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