Nguyen Thi Oanh runs at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. She won gold in the women's 1,500m event on February 11, 2023. (Photo: AAA)

She crossed the finish line in 4 minutes and 15.55 seconds, smashing Truong Thanh Hang's national record of 4:23.04 set 14 years ago and outpacing her nearest rival, Japan's Goto Yume, by almost 50 meters and 4 seconds. 

It is Vietnam’s third gold in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. The first two went to Hang in the women's 800m event in 2010 and Bui Thi Thu Thao in the women's long jump event in 2018.

It is also Oanh's first title in the Asian Indoor tournament. She bagged two bronzes in her first participation in 2018.

Minutes after Oanh's victory, another Vietnamese athlete, Nguyen Thi Huyen, secured a silver in the women's 400m event. 

The tournament, which concluded on Sunday, drew about 500 athletes from 31 countries and territories