Nghe An won 7 gold medals at the 2012 National Phu Dong Sports Festival.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of August 12th, the 8th National Phu Dong Sports Festival 2012 concluded in Can Tho City. This year's Phu Dong Sports Festival had over 6,500 athletes from 63 provinces and cities participating. Among them, Nghe An had 181 athletes competing in 15 out of 19 sports.

At this year's National Sports Festival, athletes from Nghe An achieved outstanding results and for the first time ever entered the top 10 in the overall medal standings.

Specifically, the Nghe An delegation won 7 gold medals, 7 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals, ranking 9th out of 63 participating delegations. In football, Nghe An ranked first overall with 1 gold medal in high school football, 1 gold medal in primary school football, and 1 silver medal in junior high school football. Other sports such as taekwondo won 2 gold medals; chess, athletics, and Vovinam each won 1 gold medal. Leading the overall medal table were units with strong sports movements such as Ho Chi Minh City in first place with 98 gold medals, Hanoi in second place with 38 gold medals, and host city Can Tho in third place with 38 gold medals but fewer than Hanoi.

According to the organizers, this year's School Sports Festival saw an increase in the number of competitive events, and the quality also improved, demonstrating the growing development of school sports. Nineteen School Sports Festival records were broken in athletics; ten new records were set in swimming, and the quality of sports like football, volleyball, and Vovinam also improved compared to the previous festival.

It is known that the 9th National Student Sports Festival in 2016 will be held in the two provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.

Duc Chuyen