Strange phenomenon
Ta Ngoc Tuong entered the age of 21 this year. The athlete from Phu Tho origin began training with the Vietnamese Athletics Team from January 2025. However, Ta Ngoc Tuong has made a different breakthrough considered a strange phenomenon of Vietnamese Athletics in the men's 400m event.
Closing the 2026 AFC U23 Championship in China, Ta Ngoc Tuong returned to the National High-Level Athlete Training Center to continue training after having an encouraging result of winning a Silver Medal. On the track at this tournament, Ta Ngoc Tuong only won the runner-up position in the men's 400m, but the achievement of 45 seconds 50 became a new National Record.
Sharing very cautiously, athlete Ta Ngoc Tuong briefly shared that: "I have been focused on professional preparation by the coaching staff and have tried to achieve results that match my ability". Through many stages of training and development of the men's 400m event, Ta Ngoc Tuong is becoming a face that creates a strange professional phenomenon for the men's 400m event. Professional statistics from the Vietnam Athletics Federation show that Ta Ngoc Tuong has 3 consecutive times broken the national record in the men's 400m event in just 2 years 2025 and 2026. A year ago, Ta Ngoc Tuong for the first time had the national record for 400m for himself after winning a Gold Medal and achieving a time of 45 seconds 59 at the 2025 National Athletics Championship held in Da Nang. At Hoa Xuan Stadium (Da Nang) of the tournament, Ta Ngoc Tuong broke the record of 45 seconds 99 that existed for 10 years of former national athlete Quach Cong Lich. Witnessing his junior compete at that time, former national athlete Quach Cong Lich shared: "Ngoc Tuong is a
Expert Simeonov (Bulgaria) of the Vietnamese athletics team expressed that Ta Ngoc Tuong has professional qualities and the ability to surpass the milestone of achievements is still very large ahead. At SEA Games 33 last year, Ta Ngoc Tuong won a Silver Medal in the men's 400m with a time of 45 seconds 53 to break the national record set by himself with a time of 45 seconds 59 before that. At the 2026 AFC U23 Championship, Ta Ngoc Tuong continued to have a national record when surpassing the above achievement index.
Waiting for the opportunity to conquer ASIAD 20
The most recent international sports festival that Ta Ngoc Tuong participated in was SEA Games 33 in Thailand. At this tournament, Ta Ngoc Tuong won a Silver Medal in the men's 400m event.
Before the above tournament, Ta Ngoc Tuong participated in the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Korea but did not have a medal in the men's 400m event. "Ngoc Tuong has been and is accumulating effective expertise through international tournaments. Therefore, the athlete's fighting spirit has been clearly improved," said a representative of the coaching staff of the Vietnamese Athletics Team. Ta Ngoc Tuong is currently an athlete who will prepare for ASIAD 20 in the men's 400m event. This is the first time Ta Ngoc Tuong has had the opportunity to participate in the ASIAD arena. More importantly, the Phu Tho male athlete is predicted to compete for medals. Because the indicator just achieved at the 2026 AFC U23 Championships (45 seconds 50) by Ta Ngoc Tuong is close to the ASIAD medal result in the 400m event. "I am still trying to prepare to focus on achieving the best results at ASIAD 20 in Japan," Ta Ngoc Tuong once shared.
At ASIAD 18 held in 2018 in Indonesia, the result of a Bronze Medal in the men's 400m event was 45 seconds 70. Following that at ASIAD 19 in 2023, the result of a Bronze Medal in the men's 400m event was 45 seconds 65. References show that Ta Ngoc Tuong has enough opportunities to surpass these achievements.
Ta Ngoc Tuong grew up from training work of Phu Tho Athletics and Sports. Last year, the athlete was trained at Bac Ninh University of Physical Education and Sports. This year, Ta Ngoc Tuong is a key athlete of the Vietnam Athletics Team, thereby training at the National High-Level Athlete Training Center. Ta Ngoc Tuong was born in 2005. The athlete is specialized in 2 events, 200m and 400m men. In addition to his individual competition ability, Ta Ngoc Tuong also achieved efficiency in relays in the 400m distance. At SEA Games 33 in Thailand, Ta Ngoc Tuong was a member of the 4x400m men's and women's relay team that won a Gold Medal, and also broke the SEA Games Record. At the 2026 Asian Relay Athletics Championships, Ta Ngoc Tuong and his teammates won a Gold Medal in the 4x400m men's event.
