Once again, Nguyen Thi Oanh became one of the most outstanding athletes at the 32nd SEA Games. Not only convincing in talent, this girl from Bac Giang also left an impression with her simplicity and sincerity.
Unprecedented miracle
The 32nd SEA Games have ended, Nguyen Thi Oanh has returned to Vietnam and returned to her daily life after days of hard competition in Cambodia and then activities to interact with fans. But the achievements that this girl from Bac Giang left at the recent SEA Games will go down in the history of Vietnamese sports as one of the most magnificent achievements.
For the first time, Oanh registered to compete in the four most demanding events of track and field including the 1,500m, 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m and 10,000m, and immediately won all four gold medals. That was truly an unprecedented feat for Vietnamese track and field as well as for Oanh herself.
In particular, the highlight that has been and will be mentioned many more is that Oanh won a double gold medal to the surprise of many people in the 1,500m and 3,000m obstacle course events only 20 minutes apart - a time so short beyond imagination that it probably only happens in Southeast Asia. Witnessing the way this girl born in 1995 finished far ahead of the second place shows that she seems to be on a different level compared to her opponents in the Southeast Asian region.
At the age of twenty-eight, Nguyen Thi Oanh has become a symbol of Vietnamese athletics, having won a total of 12 SEA Games gold medals after only four editions. Before winning the “poker” of four SEA Games gold medals this year, she had won a double gold medal in the 1,500m and 5,000m events at the 2017 SEA Games, and a hat trick of gold medals in the 1,500m, 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase events at the following two SEA Games. It is worth mentioning that on her journey to becoming a star like today, Oanh had encountered many difficulties and illnesses that seemed to have forced her to end her sports career forever.
However, like a miracle and with extraordinary effort, this cute little girl has broken all limits to reach the pinnacle of glory. With her current form, Oanh can still go further in bigger playgrounds.
Spread positive energy
For Quang Nam fans, the name Nguyen Thi Oanh is no longer strange and we have witnessed her "in the flesh" competing in the Quang Nam Newspaper Cross Country Race 3 times in the past years since 2017. Remember at the 2022 race, we asked the question: "With an athlete (athlete) famous not only in the country but also in Southeast Asia and having just achieved great success at the 31st SEA Games, what made Oanh present at the Quang Nam Newspaper Cross Country Race?", her answer surprised and respected us. Oanh said: "As an athlete myself, I really want to bring positive energy to spread to the running community across the country.
This is also an opportunity to compete and exchange with young athletes from all over the country; through that, I hope to help athletes make more efforts to contribute to Vietnamese sports. That is what I am here in Quang Nam for”. The Queen of Vietnamese athletics also shared that she never differentiates between big and small tournaments, each tournament has its own value. As an athlete, you must focus on training and competing to the best of your ability to get the best results.
With such a point of view, even though she is the number one star of Vietnamese athletics, Nguyen Thi Oanh is always ready to participate in small-scale tournaments that are not part of the national competition system. That is something to be respected and admired for a talent. And who knows, Oanh may once again appear on the Quang Nam Newspaper cross-country run in 2023 as she promised after winning the 2022 tournament: "If given the opportunity, Oanh will be very happy and ready to go to Quang Nam to compete."
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