VN win two gold medals at Singapore championships
Viet Nam won two gold medals at the 77th Singapore Open Track and Field
Championships 2015 at the Singapore Sports Hub National Stadium.
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Nguyen Van Lai won a gold medal in the men's 10,000m event at the 77th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships 2015. — Photo thethao247.vn |
Southeast Asian (SEA) Games defending champion Nguyen Van Lai finished first in the men's 10,000m with a time of 30:36.53. Lai's teammate Do Quoc Luat came second with a time of 30:57.81.
Two years ago, Lai had bagged a gold medal in the same discipline at the SEA Games held in Myanmar, with a better time of 29.44.82.
Meanwhile, Pham Thu Hue triumphed in the women's 10,000m with a time of 35:03.89, followed by Truong Thi Thuy Kieu who clocked 38:18.45.
Luat and Hue also won silver medals in the 5,000m event.
Viet Nam sent five athletes to the two-day event, which was a warm-up for the games to be held in Singapore in June. — VNS