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‘King of climbing’ Ba Ra won the first SEA Games marathon gold medal for Vietnam

On the morning of May 19, athlete Hoang Nguyen Thanh (27 years old) from Binh Phuoc, nicknamed ‘King of the mountain’ thanks to his many victories in the contest ‘Conquering the top of Ba Ra’, won the historic gold medal in the marathon for athletics. Vietnamese business.

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This is the first time sea ​​Games May 31, 19: Athletics scores a hat-trick in the early morning”>Vietnamese athletics win marathon gold male in sea ​​Games. Previously, the best achievement was only the silver medal of athlete Nguyen Chi Dong at the 2003 SEA Games also at home.

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Hoang Nguyen Thanh surpassed rival Agus Prayogo about the last 1 km and headed straight for the finish line

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However, Hoang Nguyen Thanh made history when he won the first time in the toughest event of athletics for Vietnam, when he finished the competition with a record of 2 hours 25 minutes 07.84 seconds, giving up. nearly 200 meters away from defending champion Indonesian Agus Prayogo when he reached the finish line (2 hours 25 minutes 37.13 seconds). Third place is Thai athlete Tony Ah-Thit Payne with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes 39.66 seconds.

In an interview after winning the first gold medal for the Vietnamese men’s marathon, Hoang Nguyen Thanh said: “I am so happy to become the first athlete to win the SEA Games gold medal for the Vietnamese men’s marathon. I am very moved when I think of the moment Vietnam’s national anthem resounds at My Dinh National Stadium in the presence of friends in the region. My dream is to be at the Congress sport Asia’s biggest – Asian Games and I will work hard towards this goal.”

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Hoang Nguyen Thanh’s joy

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According to Hoang Nguyen Thanh, his other goal is to continue to improve his performance with the goal of breaking the record of 2 hours 21 minutes 51 seconds that senior Nguyen Chi Dong set when he won silver at the 2003 SEA Games. He said: “I consider Mr. Dong’s Vietnam marathon record as a motivation for me to continue.”

In addition, Hoang Nguyen Thanh also said that he was very grateful for the encouragement of Mr. Doan Ngoc Hai, a professional charity in Vietnam and is also very fond of marathon, has promised to reward up to 1 billion VND for Vietnamese athletes who break the SEA Games record in marathon. However, with the achievement of winning the SEA Games gold medal and the first time in the men’s marathon for Vietnamese athletics, it is likely that he will also be awarded about 100 million VND by Mr. Doan Ngoc Hai.

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Hoang Nguyen Thanh on the marathon track and when he finished winning the SEA Games gold medal

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Besides winning the first SEA Games men’s marathon gold medal for Vietnam after the second time participating (the first time in Singapore in 2015, won bronze), Hoang Nguyen Thanh is also a famous athlete in the running world in Vietnam when he was the national marathon champion for the last 3 years. In addition, there are other major marathons in Vietnam.

Along with Hoang Nguyen Thanh’s gold medal in the men’s marathon, Vietnamese athletics on the last day of competition on May 19 at the 31st SEA Games also won two more gold medals in the men’s and women’s 20 km walking event, respectively by Vo Xuan Vinh and Vo Xuan Vinh. Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc. Thanks to that, Vietnamese athletics finished the 31st SEA Games with 22 gold medals, far ahead of the Thai track and field team with only 12 gold medals.

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