At the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in 2023, the Vietnam Athletics Team witnessed athlete Tran Thi Nhi Yen (20 years old) being the youngest to win a medal. She won a silver medal in the 200m event and a bronze medal in the 100m event. At this year's 33rd SEA Games, Nhi Yen did not participate.
However, the Vietnam Athletics Team still has many young faces capable of competing for medals such as Ta Ngoc Tuong, Le Thi Tuyet Mai or Duong Thi Thao. expert Simeonov of the Vietnam Athletics Team and his student Ta Ngoc Tuong are practicing in the last days before going to Thailand to compete in the 33rd SEA Games at the training site in Bac Ninh.
For the first time participating in the Southeast Asian Games arena, Ta Ngoc Tuong expressed her excitement but still focused on preparing professionally to strive for the best results. Ta Ngoc Tuong currently holds the national record for the men's 400m event (45 seconds 59), however, athletes must maintain a stable mentality to compete in the 33rd SEA Games.
Vietnam Athletics has a number of young athletes among the 50 key players who will compete in the 33rd SEA Games. They are qualified and affirmed their abilities through the tournament they have participated in. Therefore, striving to achieve medals is a basis for prediction before attending the 33rd SEA Games", General Secretary of the Vietnam Athletics Federation - Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung once discussed.
The 33rd SEA Games is an Asian Games-level tournament in Southeast Asia. This is a professional basis for the Vietnam Athletics Team to test young athletes who are capable of developing from competition practice. Snooker Ta Ngoc Tuong is one of the promising young athletes.
However, Le Thi Tuyet Mai (400m women) or Duong Thi Thao (women's all-women's dance) will have the opportunity to succeed for themselves. After the 33rd SEA Games, the Athletics Department (Vietnam Department of Physical Training and Sports) and the Vietnam Athletics Federation will select forces to continue training in the Vietnam Athletics Team in January 2026.
The above young faces are still the core to create a premise for future development. The Vietnam Athletics Federation has set a goal of striving to win the 20th ASIAD medal in 2026, so young athletes who maintain their abilities will continue to be able to join the Vietnam Athletics Team next year.
