(source: TTVH)

PANO - 48 teams with 870 athletes took part in the national mountain climbing tournament, “Conquering Ba Ra Mountain 2013”, on January 6th in Phuoc Long town, Binh Phuoc province.

This year’s event to climb Ba Ra Mountain, rising 723m above sea level, included categories of a 7.7km race for male athletes and 5.4km for female athletes.

At the end of the event, athletes Tran Van Loi from Binh Phuoc and Pham Thi Binh from Quang Ngai province won the men’s and women’s first prizes, respectively.

The organizing panel also presented the first prize for groups to teams from the Army and Khanh Hoa province.

Translated by Tran Hoai