“Making history” to Vietnamese track and field

There are many outstanding Vietnamese track and field athletes in the history, but Oanh still is a bright name. Two years ago, when the SEA Games 29 excluded her forte of 3,000 meter steeplechase out the competition programme, Oanh must practise her foible of women’s 1,500 meter and 5,000 meter run to join the event.

Oanh on the race course.

Thanks to the excellent performances, she made breakthrough efforts to stand in the glory podium twice times to look at the rising national flag in the melody of the Vietnamese anthem of Tien quan ca (Marching song).

Luckily, apart from these two above categories, the host Philippines added the event of women’s 3,000 steeplechase to the competition system at the SEA Games 30. Oanh was selected as the key athlete to “hunt” gold medals at three contents.

It was an easy decision because Oanh remained impressed manner. She won 3 gold medals at 3,000 meter steeplechase event at the 18th Asian Games; 3 golds and made 3 new records at three contents of 1,500 meter, 5,000 meter and 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2018 National Sports Festival as well as many medals at the domestic and ASEAN championships.

With the outstanding maturity of the profession and competition experience, Oanh comfortably conquered the category of 1,500 meter run at the SEA Games 30 after 4 minutes 17 seconds 35 to win the trophy in the afternoon of December 7.

Three days later, she made a big success to defeat all rivals to pocket two golds at the demanding event of 5,000 meter run (morning) and 3,000 meter steeplechase (afternoon) at the same day.

Her gold medal and achievement of 10 minutes two milliseconds (break the SEA Games record) was commented as beyond the body’s limit by the track and field expert in the Southeast Asia.

Returning hometown after SEA Games 30, Oanh shared: “Under exhausted physical strength and tensed spirit, I thought that I cannot complete the 3,000 meter race. But when running, the expectation from the coach and relative help me conquer all”.

With three single golds that has never been done before by any Vietnamese track and field athlete at Southeast Asian Games, Nguyen Thi Oanh truly named in the national track and field history.

Example of fortitude

The extraordinary spirit and fortitude helped Oanh conquer the glomerulonephritis 5 years ago to the race course.

The joy of victory of Nguyen Thi Oanh.

Prior to SEA Games 30, Oanh suffered from sleeping disorder during 7 months. The closer the sports event came, the worse the sleep was due to the tenses spirit in the competition. Only when Oanh burst into tear of victor, everything disappeared.

Though the girl born in 1995 in Nhuan village, My Ha commune, Lang Giang district has won many glories, she is not satisfied. Oanh shared to take great effort and practise to own a ticket to 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“It is a hard target but I must try to the target,” she affirmed.

With the great spirit, fortitude and practise in life and race courses, Nguyen Thi Oanh is believed to realize her dream of conquering the Olympics.

Bac Giang province honors athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh

(BGO) – The Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee in Bac Giang province Le Anh Duong has recently held a meeting in Bac Giang city to honor the track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh.

Leader of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism congratulates athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh

(BGO) – In the evening of December 11, Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DoCST) Tran Minh Ha and leader of the Center for Sports Training and Competition in the northern province of Bac Giang arrived at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) to welcome and congratulate track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh who returned from the Philippines after participating in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). 

Bac Giang’s athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh breaks SEA Games record at 3000 meter steeplechase event

(BGO) – At 16h30 (Vietnam time) on December 10, track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh (Bac Giang province) excellently won the gold medal at 3000 meter steeplechase event with an achievement of 10 minutes two milliseconds at the ongoing 30th SEA Games.  

Bac Giang’s athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh wins gold at 1500 meter run at 30th Sea Games

(BGO) – Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh (Bac Giang province) excellently won a gold medal at 1500 meter run event in the 30th Sea Games at 16:20 on December 8 (Vietnam time). 

Bac Giang born athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh wins two golds at National Athletics Championship

(BGO) – The National Athletics Championship 2019 is ongoing at Ho Chi Minh city under the joint collaboration between Vietnam Athletics Federation and Ho Chi Minh city Athletics Federation.

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