18 Vietnamese athletes prepare to go to the Olympics

Vietnamese athletes include Le Thanh Tung, Dinh Phuong Thanh (gymnastics); Quach Thi Lan (athletics); Do Thi Anh Nguyet, Nguyen Hoang Phi Vu (archery); Nguyen Van Duong, Nguyen Thi Tam (boxing); Truong Thi Kim Tuyen (taekwondo); Nguyen Huy Hoang, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (swimming); Dinh Thi Hao, Luong Thi Thao (boat racing); Nguyen Tien Minh, Nguyen Thuy Linh (badminton); Thach Kim Tuan, Hoang Thi Duyen (weightlifting); Hoang Xuan Vinh (shooting) and Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy (judo).

Only Kim Tuyen was not present in Vietnam. The female taekwondo fighter is training in Kazakhstan and will fly directly to Japan. In the overseas training team, one athlete was positive for nCoV, but Kim Tuyen was eligible for the tournament because the tests were negative.

During the departure ceremony held in Hanoi on the evening of July 13, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Sports and Sports Tran Duc Phan said that the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism did not assign specific targets, but the delegation will strive win a medal.

Hoang Xuan Vinh is Vietnam’s best athlete at the Olympics, when he won a gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol and a silver medal in the 50m pistol in Brazil 2016. However, the 46-year-old gunner’s performance has gone. down. He did not win an official ticket, but went to the Olympics by invitation.

The biggest hope is placed on weightlifting with two big names, Thach Kim Tuan and Hoang Thi Duyen. This subject has brought home medals for Vietnam in two recent tournaments, with a silver medal of Thach Kim Tuan in Beijing 2008 and a bronze medal of Tran Le Quoc Toan in London 2012.

Athletes of the Vietnamese sports delegation attending the Tokyo Olympics have all been vaccinated with two doses of Covid-19 vaccine and will leave on the evening of July 18.

Vietnam is one of 10 countries in Southeast Asia with athletes participating in this year’s Olympic Games. The three countries with the most athletes participating in the region’s championship are Thailand (42 athletes), Malaysia (30 athletes) and Indonesia (28 athletes).

The Olympic Games were scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 2020, but had to be delayed by nearly a year due to Covid-19. Currently, due to the complicated pandemic situation, the organizers decided to ban spectators from entering the field.

Most Olympic competitions will take place in Tokyo, but some events are held outside the Japanese capital. The public has been asked to stay away from the marathon, held in the Hokkaido region to avoid Tokyo’s summer heat. Much of the torch relay’s activity across the country also banned spectators.

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