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On the fast track to Games glory

Thanh Hà

HÀ NỘI - Trần Đình Sơn will be  二 四 when the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) are held in Hà Nội in November and December. Expectations are high that he will celebrate this Year of the Buffalo, his “birth year”, with a win in the  四00m individual event.

Like many other athletes, Sơn was recruited to Hà Tĩnh Province’s track-and-field team after shining at meets when he was still at high school.

“The coaches gave me the right guidance on following a professional sport when I was just  一 五,” he said. “My family have been really supportive. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to fully focus on training and competing.”

Since his first call up to the national team in  二0 一 四, he has become a key member of a  四00m squad that has dominated the regional Games over the last four years.

Sơn doesn’t have the height or physique of his tea妹妹ates, but his secret weapons are his thunderous sprint and serious attitude on and off the track.

After a hard training session his tea妹妹ates might post on Facebook or just hang out, but that’s not for Sơn.

He rarely shares anything on social media except for occasional posts about homesickness or how he misses his girlfriend. The quiet young man prefers to work on his running, then rest, and then work again.

“My task now is training and training only,” he said. “I don’t have time for anything else.”

“I have grown a lot since I joined the team. I changed myself and my thinking, to adjust to the new times. I always look back over what I have done and think of how I could do it better.”

After three years in the national team, he made his SEA Games debut in Kuala Lumpur in  二0 一 七.

The then  二0-year-old picked up a silver medal with his tea妹妹ates in the  四x 四00m relay, finishing behind Thailand in the final. Their time of  三min 0 七. 四0sec remains a national record.

In the same year he won the  四00m individual gold at the Malaysia Open and later did likewise at the Thailand Open. A year on, gold came his way at Việt Nam’s National Sport Games in  二0 一 八.

In the last SEA Games in the Philippines, he came second in the  四00m individual event after grabbing two golds in the  四x 四00m men’s relay and the  四x 四00m mixed relay.