The 18-year-old runner broke a record of Tu Chinh

In the competition at the 2023 National Youth Athletics Championships on August 8, Nhi Yen won a gold medal with a record of 11.57 seconds, after overcoming two legs, born in 2004, Hoang Nhu Y (Army team - 11, 88 seconds) and Nguyen Thi My Hanh (Tien Giang, - 12.6 seconds). This parameter also helped Nhi Yen set a new record of the tournament in the women's 100m content. The old record belongs to senior Le Tu Chinh, with 11.64 seconds in 2016.

The gold medal and record just achieved extend Nhi Yen's peak performance this year. In July, the 18-year-old girl from Long An achieved the best personal achievement three times in a row. On July 7, Nhi Yen won a gold medal at the 2023 Ho Chi Minh City Open Athletics Championship with 11.68 seconds. On July 13, she broke her own record in the semifinals of the Asian Athletics Championships with 11.57 seconds. After entering the finals of the continental tournament, Nhi Yen continued to increase her achievement to 11.55 seconds.

Nhi Yen emerged from the 2022 National Sports Festival. In May 2023, she won the 100m bronze medal and the 200m silver medal at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.

Nhi Yen came to athletics somewhat late. In September 2022, she just turned professional, and had to study and practice at the same time. Long An runner only had seven days to prepare for the Asian Championship after graduating from high school, but still performed impressively. After senior Tu Chinh, Nhi Yen is considered the number one hope of Vietnamese athletics in short running events in the near future.

Like the current Nhi Yen, Tu Chinh also grew up from the national junior athletics tournament, with a record of 11.64 seconds in 2016. She then continued to sublimate and won four SEA Games gold medals, including two 100m gold medals in 2017 and 2019, a 200m gold medal in 2017 and a 4x100m 2017 relay gold medal. Thanks to these feats, Tu Chinh was nicknamed "Queen of Speed".

But a persistent knee injury caused Tu Chinh to have surgery from May 2022 and then take a long break, and so far has not been able to reproduce the peak performance as when dominating short distance runs in the country and East. South Asia. Tu Chinh recently returned to compete for the national team at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in May, but only competed in the 4x100m relay and won a silver medal with the team.