At the age of 36, Nguyen Van Lai still scored a double gold medal in the toughest events in athletics
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Tuesday, May 17, 2022 23:37 PM (GMT+7)
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Nguyen Van Lai won 2 gold medals in the most extreme events of athletics, 5,000 m and 10,000 m, but this athlete is still humble when he thinks this is a good thing.
On the afternoon of May 17, the final of the men’s 10,000 m event closed the fourth day of athletics competition. Two Vietnamese athletes Nguyen Van Lai (number 808) and Le Van Thao (832) competed with 3 competitors from Thailand, Timor Leste and Myanmar.
With long distance running and up to 25 laps, athletes must calculate carefully to be strong enough to break through in the last laps.
2 athletes Van Lai and Van Thao are mostly in the top 3, and one of the two leads with the task of blocking the wind.
In the stands, the fans are always cheering enthusiastically to energize the two Vietnamese athletes.
When there was 1 lap left, athlete Van Lai jumped up and athlete Deus followed.
One last round, the 36-year-old runner accelerated and gradually left the opponent. He finished first with a time of 32 minutes 17 seconds 34. Deus won the silver medal and Van Thao won the bronze medal.
After reaching the finish line, Van Lai thanked his teammate Van Thao for his support throughout the journey.
Van Lai said: “The strategy set by the coaching team is that both me and Thao are in the top medals, so there will be times when either me or Thao take the lead. We have completed the strategy well, leaving Thao and me. It’s more precious than my own gold medal.”
Nguyen Van Lai took souvenir photos with his wife and children on the podium to receive the award.
On May 15, Van Lai also won a gold medal in the men’s 5,000 m content. Up to now, he has won a total of 6 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 3 bronze medals, since the 2011 SEA Games. With a double gold medal at the age of 36, SEA Games 31 is one of Van’s two most successful times. Lai, next to 2013.
“This year, I was really lucky because my Thai opponent got injured and couldn’t attend even though I went to Vietnam. My performance was not too good, but it was still in my expectation,” Van Lai shared. The 36-year-old runner said that this is the last SEA Games he attended in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events”, he revealed that he could switch to marathon competition later.
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