Doan Thu Hang wins the women's 3,000m steeplechase in her ASEAN University Games debut. (Photo from Doan Thu Hang facebook )
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam's students ended theircompetitions at the ongoing ASEAN University Games with nine gold medals inThailand.
The last two titles went to Le Van Thao, who secured the secondone and Doan Thu Hang, who took her first ever Games victory.
Thao finished the men's 5,000m event in 15mins 29.70sec.
Deus Felisberto of Timor Leste and Indonesian Setiabudi Rahmadcame second and third, respectively.
Several days ago, Thao also triumphed in the men's 10,000m event.
Later, Hang topped the women's 3.000m steeplechase event, comingin at 11:34.81.
She was followed by Lee Vanessa Ying Zhuang of Singapore andBalasingam Rammiyah of Malaysia.
The Vietnamese team also grabbed a bronze in the women's 4x400mrelay. The crew gathered all athletes whose majors are not short-distancerunning. Vu Thi Ngoc Ha was a long jumper, Pham Thi Hong Le was a marathoner,and Bui Thi Ngan and Hang were middle-distance runners.
After four days of competitions, Vietnam won nine golds, twosilvers and one bronze from track-and-field events and placed fourth in themedal tally.
Thailand (54 golds) were on top, followed by Malaysia (34), andIndonesia (31).
The taekwondo and pencak silat will be the next team to competefor Vietnam from August 2.
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Doan Thu Hang wins the women's 3,000m steeplechase in her ASEAN University Games debut. (Photo from Doan Thu Hang facebook ) 
