October 06, 2020 | 21:19 (GMT+7)
Military Region 1 launches defense sport festival
PANO – Military Region 1 started its 2020 defense sport festival on October 5 in celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the military region’s armed forces (1945 – 2020).
The four-day event saw the participation of over 1,000 athletes and coaches from 22 units of the region.
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A volleyball match of the sport festival |
Athletes will compete in various events, including 300m and 3,000m running; military swimming, four combined military sports, horizontal bar, triple jump, hurdle race, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, and more.
The defense sport festival aims to evaluate the quality of physical training and sport movements of the military region's affiliated units.
In addition, it is also seen as a good opportunity for participating units to select outstanding individuals to participate in upcoming military sport festivals and build a martial arts team to join the whole-military unarmed martial arts festival in 2021.
Translated by Quynh Oanh