Athletics in 10th National Phu Dong Health Festival, Region II in Bac Ninh closes

Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Head of the Organizing Committee of the National Phu Dong Health Festival in Bac Ninh province awards the prize to the units.

Athletics in the 10th National Phu Dong Health Festival in 2024, Region II, was held in Bac Ninh province with the participation of 341 athletes from 12 provinces and cities including Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Hai Phong, and Hanoi.

In this sport, athletes competed in primary and secondary levels with 25 contents. Specifically, at the primary level, athletes competed in men’s and women’s 4x50m relay race; men's and women's 60m and 500m running; far jump. At the secondary level, athletes competed in men's 100m, 400m and 1,500m running; men's 4x100m relay race; women's 60m, 100m and 400m running; men’s and women’s 400m running; men’s and women’s 4x100m medley relay race; far jump; high jump.

At the end of the competition, the Organizing Committee awarded the first prize to the whole team to Hai Phong city; second prize for Thai Nguyen province; third prize for Quang Ninh province. At the same time, medals were awarded to outstanding athletes in each competition content.

Bac Ninh province ranked 7th in the Athletics rankings with 120 points and 08 medals of all kinds. Among them, there were 01 Gold Medal in the women’s 500m running for primary school; 02 Silver and 05 Bronze Medals.