Exciting and attractive "competitions" at the Nghe An Mountainous Ethnic Sports Festival 2019
(Baonghean.vn) - Nearly 300 athletes from 12 districts and towns in Nghe An province participated in traditional sports of ethnic minorities in mountainous areas.
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| In response to the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Day, the 2019 Nghe An Mountainous Ethnic Minority Sports Festival in Nghia Dan district attracted nearly 300 athletes to compete. |
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| Volleyball is the sport with the largest number of athletes participating in 2 events: men's volleyball and women's volleyball. In the photo: Anh Son district men's volleyball team (red shirt) and Tan Ky district men's volleyball team. |
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| Pole pushing is the sport with the most events among the sports with 11 events. |
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| Although the competition was quite hot, the athletes still participated enthusiastically with the enthusiastic cheers of the audience. |
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| The crossbow shooting competition was exciting with excellent performances from the athletes. At the end of the competition, Tuong Duong was the team with the overwhelming number of medals won in this sport. |
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| An athlete from Quy Hop district is checking his arrow in preparation for the crossbow competition. |
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| The tug of war competition was intense and competitive. |
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| At the end of the competition, Tuong Duong district won the first prize with 12 first prizes, 5 second prizes, and 2 third prizes; Quy Hop district won the second prize with 3 first prizes, 3 second prizes, and 5 third prizes; the host district Nghia Dan won the third prize with 2 first prizes, 2 second prizes, and 2 third prizes. |
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| The 2019 Nghe An Ethnic Minority Sports Festival is a useful playground, an opportunity for people to enjoy the cultural and sports values of the ethnic group; contributing to improving the spiritual and cultural life, creating conditions for ethnic minorities to exchange and compete in sports. This is also an opportunity to select athletes to participate in the upcoming National Ethnic Minority Sports Festival. In the photo: Representatives of the Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An awarded prizes to the first, second and third place teams in the competition. |