Le Tan Hi - 'King in second' in Metasports Marathon

"We are having a parallel race in the last meters of Metasports Marathon Imperial Hue 2022. Who will become a new champion of the tournament. Let's hold your breath and wait," the MC's voice when two athletes Le Tan Hi and Bui The Anh appeared after the last bend and opened the speed. The determination, full of strength shows no one wants to go second.

A few dozen seconds later, so he was the first to cross the target line. Tan Hi came second. If calculating the previous metasports marathon, this is the fifth time the foot runs 1m48 tall to lose the championship.

Every failure is unfortunate, especially losing. But with Le Tan Hi, the regret was bigger than that because he led almost the whole race. There were even times when he left the opponents chasing to the kilometers. "I had a good day of competition, so I was not sad to win the metasports marathon.

In the cold 20 degrees Celsius in the ancient capital of Hue, Tan Hi with a small figure, standing in the middle of the tall athletes at the starting line Metasports Marathon. The clock has just jumped, the foot runs immediately and moves forward. This was the fifth he participated in VM and also determined the goal of "having to run quickly to once stand in the highest position".

"I did not follow the tactics but just wanted to move forward quickly," he said. The desire to win the championship gives him strong speed to start separating the group in the second half of the journey. At this time, people compared to Le Tan Hi only Bui The Anh. In particular, Tan Hi still has the advantage when leading most of the track.

The turning point only occurred in the last kilometers when Bui The Anh put all his strength to throw the sprint, dispute the championship. The two of them created a dramatic race on a beautiful day in Hue. As a result, the new brother was the first runner, more than 6 seconds compared to the second person. The same thing happened when he played at VM Quy Nhon 2022, leading most of the distance but to slip victory in the last minutes.

Although unable to win, Chan runs born in 1991 that it is an interesting and unforgettable experience on his many years of competition. At least 2:35:00 at Metasports Marathon Hue helped him set a personal PR in the VM system. This is a timeline that few people think of a small, short -legged leg can achieve.

Runner belongs to the payroll of the landscape, weighs only 40 kg. At the beginning of the time, he received many ideas that this condition was difficult to suit a high -achievement athletes. Many people are afraid he will lose physical strength, endurance when running in harsh sports like marathon.

In response, Tan Hi just laughed and prove it with the screen shown on the track. "I don't think the condition is a problem. This weight makes me feel more elegant and confident," Nam Runner said.

Indeed, what he said was not wrong. With a small physique, this athlete has a very fast running speed. In the competitions, he maintained Pace on average at 3:40 to 4:00 and was always present at the top. As a son of the Central Highlands mountains, his forte was best promoted when participating in Ultra Trail tournaments with many large and small championships across the country. And in Truong Truong, the name Tan Hi was also associated with the nickname "The champion of the punctured shoes", when he won a lot of races with his heeled and punctured shoes. The best achievement of the current run is 2 hours 33 minutes in the marathon in Japan.

"I have raced in many competitions, but Metasports Marathon always brings a sense of the desire to win. I know it is not easy but the harder it is, the more it becomes more glorious," he said when asked about his wishes in future. Next week, Tan Hi will set out to conquer what he called a "big challenge" when participating in Metasports Marathon Amazing Ha Long.

In the first time held in the coastal city of Quang Ninh, VM Ha Long attracted 11,000 Runner to attend. The achievement in the last two tournaments, Hue and Quy Nhon, helped Le Tan Hi leading the list of Top 100 and was evaluated to brighten the championship in Ha Long. "Running in a wonder like Ha Long is a dream. I believe myself will at least get one more personal PR in this tournament," he said.

Behind the image of a "pepper" but full of fire on the road is a simple Le Tan Hi in real life. Athletes of Dien Lam Dong are commented by friends as "gentle and dry". It is not difficult to see the image of Tan Hi timid when interacting with people at the runs. He confided: "To confess, I don't know why I became a athlete anymore. Without a marathon, I would have been a data analyst, state civil servants or went home to work."

31 -year -old legs have a bachelor's degree in sociology at Dalat University. This is the school he attended before becoming a professional athlete. When he was a third -year student, he started practicing seriously. "Every morning I wake up very early to practice, so when I got to the lecture hall, I fell asleep," he laughed when he talked about his student memories.

Pursuing marathon, Tan Hi felt proud of what had been done in the past. His goal does not stop at domestic tournaments but wants to go further to international arenas, where they can compete with "good racing cars" on the road. "I feel like a chameleon when I always want to appear with many different roles. Maybe, in addition to athlete, I will be a coach or a businessman in the field of sports," he, "he speak.