Herbalife sponsors Vietnam International Half Marathon 2024 attracting nearly 5,000 athletes

Following the success of the first season in 2023, the Vietnam International Half Marathon 2024 sponsored by Herbalife - Vietnam International Half Marathon 2024 powered by Herbalife (VIHM 2024 powered by Herbalife), the first professional running race in Vietnam, attracted nearly 5,000 athletes to participate in two categories.

The two systems include the Advanced system for professional athletes from the Vietnam Athletics team and international professional athletes; the Amateur system for domestic and foreign athletes registering to compete in three distances: half marathon (21.0975km), 10km and 5km.

This year, the tournament gathered a large number of Vietnamese track and field athletes, competing with professional athletes from Laos, Thailand, Kenya... and some athletes from other countries such as the US, Japan, Germany, Sweden...

As a result, in the 21km advanced category, Hoang Nguyen Thanh and Nguyen Thi Oanh won the championship and broke the tournament record. Hoang Nguyen Thanh won the men's professional category with a time of 01 hour 06 minutes 39 seconds (01:06:39), breaking the record of 01:07:39 set by Do Quoc Luat in 2023.

Meanwhile, in the women's 21km professional category, Nguyen Thi Oanh successfully defended her championship title. At the same time, with a time of 01:15:10, the girl from Bac Giang broke her own tournament record set last year of 1:15:23.

“ Today is really a great day for me. Before the tournament, I was quite worried because I had some health problems, but today everything is great! I myself was very surprised and happy when I was announced that I had set a new record. I hope that this will be a milestone and a stepping stone for me to continue my journey towards the next goals and start a brilliant new year 2024 ” - Nguyen Thi Oanh said.

In addition, with the desire to expand the playing field for participating athletes, this year's tournament has other categories such as Sport Family, sports walking and especially the Team tournament with attractive prize structure.

In particular, the event also had a response activity to guide proper walking and launch a walking movement among the entire population (walking around the lake), with the guidance of two leading Vietnamese walking athletes, Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc and Nguyen Thanh Ngung.

Herbalife Vietnam, one of the leading companies in health and fitness, announced to continue to be the official sponsor for the second consecutive time for the New Year's Eve program, "Welcome Spring 2024" in Hanoi organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hanoi City, Vietnam Athletics Federation and Vietcontent Company with two main programs in which the Vietnam International Half Marathon 2024 sponsored by Herbalife took place on the morning of January 1, 2023 and was a great success.

Mr. Vu Van Thang (white shirt) - General Director of Herbalife Vietnam and Cambodia

“ Continuing to accompany the Welcome Spring 2024 program, including the Vietnam International Half Marathon 2024 sponsored by Herbalife, is in line with our commitment to contribute to nurturing the health and happiness of people and communities through promoting a healthy, active lifestyle combined with the power of science-based nutrition, ” said Mr. Vu Van Thang, General Director of Herbalife Vietnam and Cambodia.

“ We are very excited that the New Year Welcome Program has received strong support and positive feedback from the community and stakeholders. We hope that Hanoians and visitors will continue to have joyful and memorable moments in the beginning of 2024 with this wonderful race of international standards, with a very beautiful running course ,” Mr. Thang added.

Bao Anh

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