Nguyen Thi Oanh won the National Marathon championship for the 10th consecutive time

In the 5km professional women's event of the 2026 National Marathon Championship of Tien Phong Newspaper, Nguyen Thi Oanh continued to finish first.

The event has 28 athletes participating, in which in addition to Nguyen Thi Oanh, experts predict faces such as Bui Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Khanh Linh, Nguyen Thu Quyen, Vu Thi Tra My... may compete for leading achievements.

In fact, when the race took place, Nguyen Thi Oanh showed a completely superior advantage. She took the lead right from the start of the race and did not encounter any close pursuit.

Therefore, Oanh comfortably finished first with a result of 16 minutes 30 seconds. The result recorded the 10th consecutive time Nguyen Thi Oanh won the professional women's 5km event of the tournament.

She is the first person to achieve the above record at the National Marathon Championship of Tien Phong Newspaper.

I would like to thank the cheers of the audience. In Nha Trang this time, I focused on preparing and achieved my goal of defending my No. 1 position," the female player shared with the press after finishing first.

This is also the first achievement in the national tournament system that Nguyen Thi Oanh brought to the Bac Ninh athletics team. Previously, she was an athlete of the Bac Giang (old) athletics team.

In the professional women's 5km event at this year's tournament, the second place is Bui Thi Thu Ha. The young female athlete of the Vietnamese athletics team achieved a result of 17 minutes 15 seconds. Thu Ha once won a bronze medal in the marathon – 42km women's event at SEA Games 33. However, at the competition of the 2026 National Marathon Championship of Tien Phong Newspaper, she competed in the professional 5km event to ensure her expertise.