Imprint of young cyclist Dong Thap

Updated date: 08/17/2023 13:31:57

DTO - Since the beginning of 2023, young cyclists from Dong Thap have continued to show impressive performance at national and international youth competitions. Recently, young cyclists from Dat Sen Hong have excelled over 13 strong teams from across the country to lead the entire delegation of the 28th National Youth Road and Off-Road Cycling Championship - 2023 hosted by An Giang province. With their progress in both expertise and achievements, the young athletes are expected to become the core force of Dong Thap cycling in the coming years...

Dong Thap athlete (podium number 1) won gold medal in team time trial (age 16) at the 28th National Youth Road and Mountain Cycling Championship - 2023

Over the years, the Dong Thap cycling department has maintained good training, especially the selection and training of talented athletes. Every year, the department organizes the selection of athletes aged 12-13 at secondary schools in the province. At the same time, it develops a professional training plan to gradually supplement the team. Up to now, the Dong Thap cycling department has a fairly strong talented and young force with 31 male and female athletes aged 14-20. According to the cycling department's coaching board, the training program for young athletes focuses on exercises on techniques, tactics, improving physical strength and maintaining flexibility during competition. To maintain their form and improve their professional level, young cyclists maintain 2 training sessions/day with a distance of about 70km and the distance can increase to over 100km when preparing to enter the competition...

Thanks to the good work of selecting and training talented and young athletes, Dong Thap cycling always has a successor force that is highly appreciated by experts for its qualifications and promises to be a worthy successor for the seniors. Among them, many outstanding faces are members of the National Youth Cycling Team such as: Ngoc Lua, Be Hong, Ngoc Thao... From the beginning of 2023 until now, young athletes of the cycling department have shown remarkable progress in their expertise when competing and achieving many outstanding results. In June 2023, two racers Ngoc Thao and Be Hong made a miracle when they won 2 individual gold medals at the 2023 Asian Youth Road Cycling Championship hosted by Thailand.

At the 28th National Youth Road and Mountain Cycling Championship - 2023, which took place from August 5 to 13, the young cyclists of Dat Sen Hong continued to prove their superiority over their peers. At the end of the individual, men's and women's team competitions, the Dong Thap youth cycling team excellently won 17 gold medals, 10 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals, thereby ranking 1/14 teams participating in the tournament. Among them, the outstanding competitors who contributed greatly to Dong Thap's achievements were Be Hong, Ngoc Thao, Huynh Nhu, Ngoc My, Ngoc Ngan (female athletes) and Minh Man, Thanh Sang, Song Min, Van Khanh, Thuong Nguon, Hoang Loi (male athletes). It is even more impressive when the achievements of the young cyclists of Dong Thap far surpass the following units: Army (9 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 5 bronze medals), Lao Cai (6 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 5 bronze medals) and Binh Duong (5 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 8 bronze medals)...

Racer Nguyen Thi Be Hong - Dong Thap cycling, shared: “The achievements from the beginning of 2023 until now will be the motivation for me to continue to strive hard, striving to become the next force for Dong Thap cycling. Currently, my teammates and I are focusing on training to ensure our form and fitness for the 2023 National Cycling Championship in October in Thanh Hoa province. Personally, I am determined to achieve the best results in the individual time trial and contribute to the achievements of the Dat Sen Hong Cycling Team”.

With the tradition of training young people, up to now, the cycling department has a group of very young and talented athletes who are the core force towards the National Sports Festival in 2026. In particular, in the female athlete group, there are athletes Be Hong, Ngoc Thao, Minh Man (all 16 years old) and Ngoc Ngan (14 years old). "In addition to the achieved results, the cycling department is facing difficulties due to many regulations in purchasing specialized equipment for training and competition, which significantly affects the expertise and achievements. The Provincial Gifted, Training and Sports Competition High School hopes that the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will soon propose to the Provincial People's Committee solutions to help the department continue to effectively implement training and competition, contributing to bringing achievements to the locality..." - Mr. Truong Ly Duy Sinh - Vice Principal of the Provincial Gifted, Training and Sports Competition High School said.

LE THANH

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