Vietnamese athletics wins bronze medal, breaks national record at Asian tournament

On the evening of May 20, the Vietnamese mixed 4x400m relay team competed excellently to win a bronze medal and break the national record at the 2024 Asian Athletics Relay Championship.

Video of the mixed 4x400m relay team winning the Asian bronze medal - Source: 1ASIANRELAY

The Vietnamese athletics team entered the first day of competition with the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2024 Asian Athletics Relay Championships in Thailand. The runners of the mixed 4x400m relay for Vietnamese athletes, in order of starting, were: Nguyen Xuan Quang, Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Le Ngoc Phuc, Quach Thi Lan. Right from the first run, the two very strong teams in the relay event, India and Sri Lanka, quickly broke away and separated the group. Xuan Quang and Tuyet Mai could only chase the third-leading team, Kazakhstan. The turning point came in the third run when Le Ngoc Phuc had a good sprint to surpass the Kazakhstan team, creating the premise for his senior Quach Thi Lan to maintain the distance until the finish line. In the end, the mixed 4x400m relay team for Vietnamese athletes finished third, winning the bronze medal with a time of 3 minutes 18.45 seconds.

This parameter also helped the athletes break the old national record of 3 minutes 19.5 seconds set in the Philippines in 2019. The Indian team won the gold medal with a time of 3 minutes 14.12 seconds. Second place went to Sri Lanka with a time of 3 minutes 17.0 seconds. Tomorrow, May 21, the 2024 Asian Athletics Relay Championship will continue with the finals of the women's 4x100m relay at 6:15 p.m., the women's 4x400m relay at 7:15 p.m. and the men's 4x400m relay at 7:55 p.m. Most notably, the women's 4x400m relay, the Vietnamese women's team with runners Quach Thi Lan, Nguyen Thi Hang, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh, and Le Thi Tuyet Mai are expected to have the opportunity to officially win tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics from this tournament.

The Vietnamese mixed 4x400m track and field relay team includes athletes (from left) Nguyen Xuan Quang, Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Le Ngoc Phuc and Quach Thi Lan - Screenshot

In the mixed 4x400m relay team of Vietnam, Quach Thi Lan is the most experienced athlete, having won 2 gold medals (400m and 4x400m relay for women) at the 2017 Asian Games. She also marked her return to the continental arena since being banned from competing after the 31st SEA Games in 2022 for doping. The remaining three runners are all young, potential factors of Vietnamese athletics. Specifically, in the most recent achievements, Nguyen Xuan Quang (20 years old, from Hanoi) won a silver medal in the men's 4x400m relay, a gold medal in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2023 National Athletics Championship. Le Thi Tuyet Mai (18 years old, from Nghe An) won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400m relay at the 2023 National Athletics Championship, won the 400m event at the National Youth Championship, the 2023 Southeast Asian Youth Championship, and most recently won a ticket to the 2024 U20 World Athletics Championship. Le Ngoc Phuc (22 years old, from Ha Tinh) won a silver medal in the men's 400m relay, a gold medal in the men's 4x400m relay, and a silver medal in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2023 National Athletics Championship. Phuc has also just returned to competition after being banned for doping at the SEA Games. 31.

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