Vietnamese athletes to compete in IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship
Saturday, 18:10, 07/09/2019
Seven Vietnamese athletes are ready to compete at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship 2019 to be held in Nice, France, on September 7 and 8.
Athletes will be cheered on by the enthusiastic supporters for every mile of the 70.3 course.
The Vietnamese athletes include Le Thuy, Pham Thuy Vi (female); Tran Toan, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Pham Quang Minh, Le Hoang Vu and Huynh Thanh Duy (male).
Le Thuy earned a ticket after finishing first in the age group of 40-45 of female in the Techcombank IRONMAN 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship in Da Nang in May with a time of 6:56.18.
Vi will take part in the world event after becoming the best female Vietnamese athlete in the Techcombank IRONMAN 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship 2019 with a time of 5:33.49.
Meanwhile, Minh and Vu also had good results at the IRONMAN 70.3 Subic Bay 2019 and IRONMAN 70.3 Bangsaen 2019, respectively.