Da Nang’s athletics team have won 3 gold medals at the ongoing National Athletics Championships 2021 in Ha Noi.

The city’s walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc and her younger brother Nguyen Thanh Ngung continued to dominate the women's and men's 20,000m race walks.

On December 11, Nguyen Thanh Ngung set a new record after finishing the men's 20,000m race walk in 1 hour 33 mins 22.06 secs, breaking his own previous record of 1 hour 36 mins 09secs.

Meanwhile, without the best preparation due to the pandemic, walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc still easily surpassed her opponents to finish first in the women's 20,000m race walk in 1 hour 46 mins 47.38 secs.

In addition, Do Tan Truong won the third gold medal for the Da Nang team in the men's hammer throwing event with 52.50m. Young athlete Dang Tran Trinh Nguyen won bronze in this event.

Moreover, Vo Thu Bich Tram also from Da Nang took silver medals in the women's discus and hammer throwing events, whilst Tran Ba ​​Linh claimed a bronze medal in the men’s pole vault.

Reporting by NGUYEN AN - Translating by M.D