Mai Ngoc Anh won the Silver Medal at the Asian U18 Athletics Championship

Athlete Mai Ngoc Anh (left) excellently won the Silver Medal in the women's high jump event. Photo: Vietnam Athletics Federation

At the 2025 Asian U18 Athletics Championship (for the U18 age group), the coaching board of the Vietnamese youth athletics team registered 3 faces: Mai Ngoc Anh, Luong Thi Khan and Le Thi Thao.

At the end of the competition, athlete Mai Ngoc Anh excellently won the silver medal in the women's high jump event, with a result of 1.69m. The gold medal (HCV) belonged to Dong Jialing (China), with the same result of 1.73m.

In the women's 3000m event, athlete Luong Thi Khan ranked 4th with a time of 10 minutes 27 seconds 43. In the women's 400m hurdles final, athlete Le Thi Thao ranked 6th with a time of 1 minute 06 seconds 60.

Young Vietnamese athletics talent Mai Ngoc Anh. Photo: Vietnam Athletics Federation

According to the Head of the Vietnamese Athletics Delegation, Nguyen Duc Nguyen, this achievement is not too surprising because Ngoc Anh is currently among the key athletes. At the same time, it also brings good news to Vietnamese athletics about the appearance of a generation of young, potential athletes like Mai Ngoc Anh.

The 6th Asian U18 Athletics Championship took place from April 14 to 18 in Qatif, Saudi Arabia. The Vietnamese youth athletics team competed in the tournament with the participation of three athletes: Mai Ngoc Anh, Luong Thi Khan and Le Thi Thao. These are the three best U18 female faces of Vietnamese Athletics. In 2024, all three young athletes had the opportunity to compete and gain experience at the 2024 Southeast Asian Youth Championship (for the U18 age group), held in Malaysia.

Among them, Luong Thi Khan won the gold medal in the women's 3,000m event and Mai Ngoc Anh won the gold medal in the women's high jump event. Young talent Le Thi Thao, who is considered as the "younger sister" of Quach Thi Lan, also had impressive performances at the National Youth Championships in the past two years. The goal of the Vietnam Youth Athletics team is for each athlete to compete with the highest effort to achieve good results, in order to prepare for the big arenas.

The 2025 Asian Athletics U18 Championship brings together the continent’s top young talents, competing in a diverse range of events for both men and women. This is a valuable opportunity for young Vietnamese athletes to compete in an international environment, hone their competitive mentality and prepare for major events such as the SEA Games, ASIAD and further, the Olympic arena.

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