PANO – Nearly 260 athletes from 28 teams nationwide will join the 55th Tien Phong newspaper Cross-country Run and Marathon Tournament in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, on March 23rd.

This information was announced at a press conference by the Vietnam Athletics Federation, the Lam Dong provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Tien Phong newspaper on March 21st.

They will compete in various categories for men’s and women’s.

Notably, the organization panel decided to hold the 42km marathon event in this tournament instead of the former 21km semi-marathon.

Translated by Viet Anh