Mon. Nov 4th, 2024

Vietnam finished first at the 2013 Southeast Asia Junior Athletics
Championships, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7-8,
with 26 gold medals, 26 silvers and 25 bronzes.

The
Vietnamese delegation was followed by Thailand with 17 golds, 18
silvers and 11 bronzes and Indonesia with 9 golds, three silvers and
8 bronzes.

According to the Vietnam Athletics
Federation, Vietnamese athletes succeeded not only in categories of
their strength such as middle-distance races like 400m and 800m events
but also in short- and long-distance ones like 100m, 1,500m and 2,000m
events.

The annual event was participated by
athletes from Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.-VNA

By vivian