In the content for the age of 60 or older at the Asian Road Bicycle Championship 2025, taking place in Thailand yesterday (8.2), "old general" Hoang Hai Nam excelled to bring the first gold medal for the first gold medal for The Vietnam School Bicycle Team.
This is also the first time racer Hoang Hai Nam has represented Vietnamese amateur bicycles in the Asian arena. This achievement was even more encouraging when he won with a bicycle lent by the host country Thailand.
On his personal page, Asian champion Hoang Hai Nam shared: "Although facing some barriers until the last minute. But I overcame the challenges and tried my best to compete for the flag.
The results were far beyond the expectations of himself and the team leaders. And the positive effect that initially exceeded many of my initial wishes was to make a small contribution to promoting the country's bicycle movement".
According to the Asian champion, before the competition on the track, he had a lot of incidents.
Accordingly, 1 hour before the competition, Hoang Hai Nam has shoes supported by the host country of Thailand. In addition, the number, the number in the list and the number of chips. Only before starting, he received the full and discovered this error. The representative of Vietnam must explain through 3 doors with nearly 10 referees, leading to the timer and still not starting, the time is disadvantageous.
Notably, Hai Nam racer only knew how to play before the start -up for about 3 minutes. Earlier, the organizers informed in writing a 21.4 km, but in fact he had to play 10.7 km and forced to change the tactics.
"I am very grateful for the close and effective support of Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - General Secretary of the Vietnam Cycling - Sports Motors Federation, head coach of the national bicycle team Mai Cong Hieu, coach Nguyen Duy Chien, athlete Ho Thi Yen Linh and host country Thailand.
In particular, the sharing, encouragement, trust and encouragement of relatives, friends and lots of religious crabs, those who love sports bikes across the country have helped themselves confidently and during the exam process. Fighting, "the Asian champion Hoang Hai Nam shared.
The 2025 Asian Cycling Championship will take place from February 7 to 16 in Phitsank (Thailand). However, before the tournament started, the Vietnamese school bicycle team had an unfortunate accident when vehicles carrying competitive equipment, including about 30 of the team's specialized bicycles, caught fire.
Accordingly, the Thai bicycle federation bought 18 new helmets, 18 pairs of shoes and 18 Pedal pairs for the Vietnamese bicycle team, and prepared 27 bicycles for the team to choose to use and fortune Transfer from Bangkok to the play location.
According to Lao Dong's source, the Vietnam Cycling - Motors and Sports Federation sent 12 new bicycles to Thailand in time for athletes to compete.
In addition, Loc Troi Group also added 4 bicycles to female athletes who have the ability to dispute medals in this year's tournament, expected to be transported to Thailand today (9.2).
