Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh and her teammates competed in the final events of the 2026 Taiwan International Athletics Championships (China) on the evening of June 7, local time.
Participating in the 5,000m women's final, Nguyen Thi Oanh focused on competing and finished second with a result of 16 minutes 12 seconds 60. Nguyen Thi Oanh's silver medal at this tournament is the first international medal in 2026 that she has won.
Earlier this year, Nguyen Thi Oanh competed in the 2026 Asian Indoor Championship but did not have a medal result.
However, the silver medal achievement at Taiwan (China) this time is also a valuable result for individual athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh.
Also on the last day of the Taiwan International Athletics Championships (China) 2026, the Vietnamese athletics team won another gold medal from the performance of athlete Bui Thi Ngan.
In the women's 800m final, Bui Thi Ngan finished first with a time of 2 minutes 08 seconds 95. Previously, at the tournament, Bui Thi Ngan had a bronze medal in the women's 1,500m event.
In this tournament, athletes Ngan Ngoc Nghia (200m men's), Sam Van Doi (800m) did not win medals.
Today, June 8th, members of the Vietnamese athletics team will return home. At the Taiwan International Athletics Championships (China) 2026, we have achieved 2 gold medals belonging to athletes Nguyen Trung Cuong (3000m steeplechase) and Bui Thi Ngan (800m women's).
