Tien Phong Marathon 2025: Nguyen Thanh and Ngoc Hoa successfully defend marathon championship titles

Hoang Thi Ngoc Hoa excellently finished first in the full marathon distance (42.195km) of the women's team. Photo by Nhu Y

The tournament brings together all the best athletes of Vietnamese athletics, such as: Nguyen Thi Oanh, Nguyen Van Lai, Hoang Nguyen Thanh, Hoang Thi Ngoc Hoa, Do Quoc Luat, Nguyen Trung Cuong, Le Thi Tuyet...

The national athletes still maintained their form and shined in all the competing distances. In the full marathon event (42.195km), two athletes Hoang Nguyen Thanh and Hoang Thi Ngoc Hoa won the full marathon at Tien Phong Marathon 2025, thereby successfully defending the championship title.

In the women's full marathon distance (42.195km) at Tien Phong Marathon 2025, it is expected to be a fierce competition between athletes Hoang Thi Ngoc Hoa (Binh Phuoc) and Le Thi Tuyet (Phu Yen).

After about 30km, Ngoc Hoa created a gap of about 500m compared to Le Thi Tuyet. With steady steps, Ngoc Hoa finished first to successfully defend the championship with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes 09 seconds. Meanwhile, Le Thi Tuyet could not defend the silver medal when she finished 5th after Nguyen Thi Thuy Van, Bui Thi Thu Ha and Pham Huynh Yen Thu.

Hoang Nguyen Thanh won the men's full marathon (42.195km) championship at Tien Phong Marathon 2025. Photo by Nhu Y

In the men's full marathon (42.195km), the race was exciting from the start when Nguyen Van Lai, Le Van Tuan, Hua Thuan Long, Mai Quy Phong, Hoang Nguyen Thanh and Trinh Tien Luyen formed the leading group.

Halfway through the race, Hoang Nguyen Thanh (Binh Phuoc) suddenly fell behind. Many fans thought of a happy ending for the "veteran" Nguyen Van Lai (Army), who was determined to win a place to participate in the 33rd SEA Games in the full marathon. However, with his class, Hoang Nguyen Thanh began to accelerate and break away, finishing first with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes 20 seconds. The next positions were Nguyen Van Lai, Mai Quy Phong and Pham Ngoc Phan.

Nguyen Thi Oanh continues to set a record when she won the Tien Phong Marathon for the 9th time. Photo by Nhu Y

In the women's 5km distance, Nguyen Thi Oanh (Bac Giang) continued to have no rivals when she finished first with a time of 16 minutes and 19 seconds. This is the 9th time Nguyen Thi Oanh has won the Tien Phong Marathon.

Pham Thi Hong Le won the women's half marathon (21.0975km). Photo by Nhu Y

In the women's half marathon (21.0975km), Pham Thi Hong Le finished first with a time of 1 hour 17 minutes 43 seconds, thereby winning this distance for the fourth time at Tien Phong Marathon. In the men's 21km event, Nguyen Trung Cuong successfully defended his championship with a time of 1:07:15.

Nguyen Trung Cuong successfully defended his 21km men's championship title. Photo by Nhu Y

Do Quoc Luat successfully defended his title in the men's 10km distance. Photo by Nhu Y

In the men's 10km event, Army athlete Do Quoc Luat successfully defended his championship title, finishing first with a time of 30 minutes and 44 seconds. With this result, Do Quoc Luat successfully defended his championship title, and extended his record to 11 consecutive first-place finishes in the Tien Phong Marathon 10km distance.

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