Tiền Phong marathon drama
Vietnam's Tiền Phong National Marathon (Mar 29, Nha Trang) drew over 12,000 runners and crowned Hoàng Nguyên Thanh and Phạm Thị Hồng Lệ as the 42.195 km champions (tienphong.vn) (tuoitre.vn). The finish was emotional: Hoàng Thị Ngọc Hoa crawled to secure second in the women's marathon, Lê Thị Lam won the women's 21 km in a sprint finish, and Nguyen Thi Oanh took her 10th straight 5 km title (vnexpress.net) (tienphong.vn) (vietnam.vn).
Official results list the top three finishers’ times in the marathon: men — 2:22:19, 2:24:17 and 2:25:30; women — 2:42:06, 2:44:13 and 2:51:06. (webthethao.vn) The men's champion extended his national-marathon winning streak to seven consecutive titles at the Tiền Phong event. (baoxuan.vov.vn) Nguyễn Thị Oanh won the 5 km in an official time of 16:30, marking her 10th straight Tiền Phong 5 km victory. (webthethao.vn) Hoàng Thị Ngọc Hoa completed the marathon in 2:44:13 after collapsing near the finish and crawling across the line, and on-site medical staff attended to her immediately. (webthethao.vn) Ngọc Hoa’s previous recorded personal best at the 2024 Asian Marathon Championships was 2:44:51, according to World Athletics. (worldathletics.org) The 67th Tiền Phong Marathon on March 29 in Nha Trang registered a record field of more than 12,000 entrants, and full-marathon results were counted into the national games medal table for 2026. (tieudiemthethao.com.vn) Race organisers ran the 21 km ahead of the 42 km start this year — a scheduling choice that sparked discussion among participants — and the women's 21 km title was decided by a five-second margin with a winning time of 1:20:18. (msn.com)
