Linh Na, the steel rose of Vietnamese athletics

Nguyen Linh Na sobbed as her parents reached out and hugged her. Na’s mother also cried, but her eyes were infinitely happy. Emotions overflowed. Two days of competition with 7 “categories” exhausted Na’s energy, but Na felt like she had just been energized. The great achievement that she has just obtained is one of the most impressive highlights of the Vietnamese sports delegation on the 5th day of the competition. SEA Games 31.

As for Na alone, the first golden anniversary of being present at the largest playground in the region will become a beautiful memory of her life. She won the best athletes in Southeast Asia, rival Noveno of the Philippines, won gold SEA Games 30, this year only won silver with 5,381 points and Malaysian athletes won bronze with 5,262 points. It’s been 17 years since Vietnam’s women’s 7 pentathlon has regained its gold medal at the SEA Games. The last time, athlete Nguyen Thi Thu Cuc won gold in the women’s 7th pentathlon at the 23rd SEA Games in 2005, when Na was only 8 years old.

Linh Na (first runner) excelled in the tough competition NGOC DUONG

When he was still wearing the athlete’s shirt, “steel man” Vu Van Huyen made a name for himself sport VN in the arena sea ​​Games and had no competition in the men’s 10th pentathlon. And now, that famous teacher has made the “steel rose” Nguyen Linh Na. What is the women’s 7 pentathlon? In 2 days, each athlete must conquer each content, including 100 m, 200 m, 800 m, 100 m hurdles, high jump, long jump and weightlifting. Achievements in each content are assigned a certain number of points and the total score will decide the medal.

Na is not the absolute winner in all 7 events, but she is harmonious and stable throughout the 2 days of competition. Na smiled gently: “I’m also very nervous, very tense. I was so surprised that I got such a high score. A few months ago, at the national championship, I only got more than 5,000 points. Yet there is SEA Games gold. I’m so happy.”

“I was more nervous and trembling when I watched Na compete than when I competed in the past. Terrible worry. But Na is good, really good. I see that Na has supernatural powers. Any content Na also performs smoothly, without errors. There is excellent content, there is good content, but nothing is bad. The total number of points that Na won was 5,414 points, 64 points more than the 5,350 points Cuc won at the 23rd SEA Games. Na suffered a hamstring injury but never wanted to give up. She entered the competition but her fitness was only 70%. But Na’s efforts are too great”, the steel man cherished every word when talking about Linh Na’s “steel rose”.

Na has just joined the VN team for more than a year and is wearing the Army Club, where Mr. Huyen is also holding the position of head coach. Na is holding the rank of lieutenant.

The teacher is steel, but the student is also steel. But when her parents reached out to hug her at My Dinh yard, lieutenant Linh Na sobbed!