At the WDSF World Championship Latin Senior II, organized by the World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF) in Bremen, Germany on June 1 and 2, two Vietnamese athletes, Pham Trung Hoa and Nguyen My Trang, will compete with about 100 athlete couples from many countries around the world.
This is the World DanceSport Federation's largest annual competition for pairs of middle-aged professional athletes, in which one athlete is over 45 years old and the other is over 40 years old.
The athlete couple Pham Trung Hoa - Nguyen My Trang are currently ranked 110th in the world according to the WDSF's announced rankings in the Middle Age II category, and have been officially nominated by the Vietnam Gymnastics Federation to participate in this year's tournament.
Pham Trung Hoa - Nguyen My Trang will compete in 5 Latin dances (Samba, Chacha, Rumba, Pasodoble and Jive), competing with the national champion couples of the Middle Age II category from Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, England, Austria, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland,... Representatives from Asia include: Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong (China) and Vietnam.
Athlete Nguyen My Trang shared: "We have been preparing very carefully for this tournament for many months now and of course we have set ourselves performance targets. But for me, there are more important goals than performance, which is to explore and overcome our own limits, experience each competition to continuously strive and improve ourselves; and further, to inspire many middle-aged brothers and sisters. I would like to sincerely thank the Vietnam Gymnastics Federation for giving us the opportunity to represent Vietnam, and thank our families, friends, and colleagues for always accompanying, supporting, and cheering us on so that we can advance to the world's largest arena for Dancesport in the near future."
Ms. Le Thi Hoang Yen, Deputy Director of the Department of Sports and Physical Training (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) said: "The Department of Sports and Physical Training welcomes and supports the athlete couple Pham Trung Hoa - Nguyen My Trang to participate in the World Dancesport Championship 2024 in the Middle Age 2 category. This is both an opportunity to compete and exchange internationally; and contributes to the development of grassroots sports; at the same time, helps spread the love of sports and inspire people to practice sports at all ages. I wish the athlete couple Pham Trung Hoa - Nguyen My Trang will achieve the best results in the upcoming tournament."
International KVTT referee Chu Tan Duc - Head of the Vietnamese Dancesport delegation participating in the World Dancesport Championship in the Middle Age II category this time - said: "The World Dancesport Championship is the largest annual competition of the World Dancesport Federation (WDSF). For the Middle Age II category, there are on average about 100 pairs of athletes from many countries, nominated by the Department of Sports and Physical Training or the Sports Federations of the countries and must meet all the standards approved by the WDSF. The referee team of the tournament includes 10 international referees with the strictest professional standards, each person coming from a different country to ensure the fairness of the tournament. This year, the list of referees was announced very early, including referees from the US, Austria, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Czech Republic, ... I, along with the athlete couple Pham Trung Hoa - Nguyen My Trang, have had a thorough preparation time for the tournament and hope that the first appearance of Vietnamese Dancesport in the Middle Age category II on the world's biggest stage will achieve good results".
Mr. Pham Trung Hoa is a coach and Dancesport athlete who has competed professionally for 18 years and is currently the Director of VietsDance Sports Dance Center in Hanoi, where Ms. Nguyen My Trang has studied for over 7 years.
Ms. Nguyen My Trang is a businesswoman, started practicing Dancesport in 2017 and has just entered professional dancesport competition since August 2022.
The couple from Vietnam has competed and achieved many high achievements in domestic and international Dancesport arenas in recent years:
- WDSF Latin Champion, Middle Age II – WDSF Senior II Dancesport Championship (KVTT) held in Hanoi in 2023.
- 2 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal, 3 Bronze Medals at the 2023 Malaysia Open International Championship.
- 4 Silver Medals at the 2022 Malaysia Open KVTT International Championship.
- Silver Medal of the National Championship of Class A and Class C Latin Middle Age II, in Ba Ria Vung Tau, 2023.
- 6 Gold Medals in all 6 events of the Middle-aged II group at the 2023 Thang Long International Open KVTT Tournament.
- 8 Gold Medals in all 8 competitions of Youth, Middle-aged I, Middle-aged II groups at the 2023 Hai Phong Open KVTT Tournament.
- 7 Gold Medals in all 7 competitions of the Middle-aged I and Middle-aged II groups at the 2024 Ha Nam Open KVTT Tournament.
Source: https://vov.vn/the-thao/cap-doi-van-dong-vien-viet-nam-du-giai-vdtg-dancesport-tai-duc-post1097827.vov
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