Vietnamese athletes win gold medal at 2024 Asian Relay Championship
Four Vietnamese athletes, namely Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Quach Thi Lan, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh and Nguyen Thi Hang, won the gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay team with a time of 3:30.82 at the 2024 Asian Relay Championship in Thailand on May 21.
Four Vietnamese athletes win the gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay team at the 2024 Asian Relay Championship in Thailand on May 21. (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Four Viet𓂃namese athletes, namely Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Quach Thi Lan, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh and Nguyen Thi Hang, won the gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay team with a time of 3:30.82 at the 2024 Asian Relay Championship in Thailand on May 21.
The above achievement of Quach Thi Lan and her teammates also broke the national record set in Singapore in 2015 (3:31.46). However, the result cannot help Vietnam's women's 4x400m relay team enter the top 16 for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Vietnamese athletes still have a chance to win tickets to France because after the 2024 Asian Relay Championship, they will participate in two more tournaments held in Taiwan (China) and Thailand in June, which are considered Olympic qualifiers.
Previously, the Vietnamese team won two bronze medals at the 2024 Asian Relay Championship.
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