Vietnam women's relay team wins silver medal in Asian athletics

(NLDO) - Quach Thi Lan and her teammates failed to defend their gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay at the Asian Athletics Championships held in Gumi, South Korea.

Two years ago in Thailand, the quartet Huyen, Ngoc, Hang, and Hanh excellently brought home the gold medal for Vietnamese athletics in the women's 4x400m relay at the Asian Athletics Championships, to the admiration of friends and opponents.

After 2 years, champion Nguyen Thi Huyen has now retired, but the relay team of the Vietnamese team has the return of the mainstay Quach Thi Lan. That is the reason why the coaching board of the Vietnamese athletics team hopes that this team will defend the championship and maintain its position...

Vietnam women's relay team: Ngoc, Lan, Hanh, Hang

On the evening of May 29, Gumi City was hit by heavy rain and the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships were postponed several times, with the women's 4 x 400m event being delayed by nearly 2 hours. In the final, Quach Thi Lan and her teammates had to compete with opponents from Hong Kong - China, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Among them, India and Sri Lanka are still formidable competitors, not to mention the host Korea is also very strong, ready to compete for the highest achievement. Young face Nguyen Thi Ngoc was assigned the pioneering task and the girl from Ha Tinh quickly created an advantage when leading the first leg. Nguyen Thi Hang ran the second leg, although showing signs of running out of breath, she was not too far behind her Indian opponent in the leading position.

The main runner Quach Thi Lan in the third leg with a strong momentum helped the Vietnamese team regain the advantage, but then in the final leg, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh, despite competing with great effort, only finished in second place, behind the Indian athlete.

Women's 4x400m relay race

The Indian women's 4x400m relay team won the gold medal with a time of 3 minutes 34 seconds 18, while the Vietnamese team came in second, winning the silver medal with a time of 3 minutes 34 seconds 77. The Sri Lankan team ranked third with a time of 3 minutes 36 seconds 67. This is not a good achievement for the Vietnamese girls because at the 2024 Asian Relay Championship, Quach Thi Lan and her teammates achieved an extremely impressive time of 3 minutes 30 seconds 81, while two years ago, the gold medal of the Vietnamese women's 4x400m relay team was 3 minutes 32 seconds 36.

Vietnam team - Hang, Lan, Hanh, Ngoc - only won silver medal

On the fourth day of the tournament (May 30), Vietnamese athletes continued to compete in their strong events: Tran Thi Nhi Yen participated in the women's 200m qualifying round, Quach Thi Lan participated in the women's 400m qualifying round, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha participated in the women's 800m qualifying round and Bui Thi Kim Anh competed in the women's high jump.

A day earlier, Tran Thi Nhi Yen excellently won the bronze medal in the women's 100m race with a time of 11 seconds 54, behind Liang Xiao-jing (China, 11 seconds 37) and Singaporean Asian champion Veronica Shanti Pereira (11 seconds 41).

Source: https://nld.com.vn/doi-tiep-suc-nu-viet-nam-doat-hcb-dien-kinh-chau-a-196250530061935372.htm