Nguyen Thi Oanh competes in the Quang Tri Marathon 2024

Athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and Nguyen Trung Cuong (Vietnam's athletics team) will compete in the Quang Tri Marathon 2024 - Journey to the Land of Fire, taking place in June.

Leaders of Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee inform about Quang Tri Marathon 2024 - Photo: PHUONG DUNG

On the afternoon of May 27, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province coordinated with Nong Nghiep Viet Nam newspaper to hold a press conference to inform about the Quang Tri Marathon 2024 - Journey to the Land of Fire.

Meaningful Run

Mr. Phan Van Hoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Tri province - said that the Quang Tri Marathon 2024 - Journey to the Land of Fire will take place on June 15 and 16. This is an important event towards the first Peace Festival in 2024, held for the first time in Quang Tri province, and in response to the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27. "Revenue from selling BIBs at the race will be donated to the Quang Tri Province Gratitude Fund. This further enhances the significance of the race in caring for and helping families of heroic martyrs, people with meritorious services, and families in difficult circumstances in the historical land of Quang Tri" - Mr. Hoa said. Mr. Hoang Nam - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Tri province - said that the Quang Tri Marathon 2024 is an opportunity to contribute to promoting the image of Quang Tri in the running community in particular and tourists in general, contributing to developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector of the province. "In particular, the theme Journey to the Land of Fire aims to honor the value of peace, commemorate and pay tribute to the heroic martyrs who heroically sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland. This race will focus on organizing activities to honor the heroic martyrs, giving gifts to families of policy beneficiaries and people with meritorious services to the revolution" - Mr. Hoang Nam said. According to the organizing committee, the Quang Tri Marathon 2024 - Journey to the Land of Fire has attracted nearly 3,000 registered athletes from provinces and cities across the country, including international athletes from Japan, Australia and India. Quang Tri Marathon 2024 has 3 competing distances, including 21km, 10km and 5km. Of which, the 21km distance has a special route starting from Dong Ha city and the destination is Quang Tri Citadel. The remaining two distances take place around Quang Tri Citadel.

The tournament also had professional athletes participating such as athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and Nguyen Trung Cuong of the Vietnamese athletics team.

Nguyen Thi Oanh registered for the 21km distance

Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh shares at the press conference - Photo: PHUONG DUNG

Sharing at the press conference, athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh said she registered to compete in the 21km distance. "Choosing the distance, I hope to run the longest distance on the historic land of Quang Tri. Every step I take on the historic land of Quang Tri will spread the spirit of sportsmanship. This is also an opportunity to express my deep gratitude to the heroes and martyrs who fell for the independence and freedom of the nation" - Nguyen Thi Oanh shared. Sharing her experience with athletes participating in the marathon, Nguyen Thi Oanh said that during the time of the race, Quang Tri was hot and the weather was harsh. In the immediate future, athletes who registered to participate in the race need to practice to have the best health condition, then they will complete the distance they registered for. In particular, athletes participating in long distances such as 21km need to prepare and practice for a long time to have better physical strength. "For example, Hanoi is entering the hot summer season, athletes can practice to adapt and get used to the harsh hot weather to avoid heat stroke" - Nguyen Thi Oanh shared. Also according to Nguyen Thi Oanh, during the marathon, everyone needs to listen to their body, avoid exhaustion leading to unwanted incidents. "The organizing committee has arranged water stations, health care units, medical staff... along the running route. But each of us participating in the race needs to equip ourselves with knowledge, to be able to perform basic first aid when encountering unexpected incidents" - Nguyen Thi Oanh said.

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