Le Duc Phat passed the qualifying round, Vietnamese sports have 10 places to attend the 2024 Olympics

As of April 30, Vietnamese sports have a total of 10 places to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics, all of which are athletes competing in individual events. This number has not reached the set target (12-15 places).

Le Duc Phat officially has a place in the Olympics

April 28 is the end of the badminton scoring tournaments. On May 1, the list of badminton spots for the 2024 Paris Olympics will be officially announced. However, based on the final rankings finalized this morning (Vietnam time), Vietnamese badminton is certain to have 2 spots to participate in the individual event.

Le Duc Phat has a place to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The first spot belongs to Nguyen Thuy Linh, confirmed 2 weeks ago. Le Duc Phat - men's singles - is the next and latest name of Vietnamese sports to have a spot at the Olympics.

Specifically, Le Duc Phat ranked 74th in the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifying rankings. However, many players ranked above Le Duc Phat were not allowed to participate in the Olympics (sports delegations are limited in the number of places to participate in each event). Eliminating ineligible opponents, Vietnamese athletes ranked 35th.

Not out of the woods yet

Vietnamese sports still have a chance to complete the target of 12-15 official spots at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The wrestling, judo, boxing, athletics, gymnastics and archery teams are the last hope.

Vietnamese sports still have a chance to complete the target of 12-15 official spots at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The wrestling, judo, fencing, boxing, athletics, gymnastics and archery teams are the last hope.

The Vietnamese wrestling team only registered two female players for the Asian Olympic qualifying round, Nguyen Thi Xuan and Nguyen Thi My Trang.

These two female boxers did not win official spots through the Asian qualifiers. However, they still have a chance to compete in the world qualifiers taking place in Turkey.

Meanwhile, in judo, the team of Chu Duc Dat (60kg men), Hoang Thi Tinh (48kg women), Nguyen Ngoc Diem Phuong (57kg women) were given maximum conditions to compete and accumulate points through tournaments in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Tahiti and Peru.

The gymnastics team's last chance is the Asian Championship (taking place from May 16 to May 19) in Uzbekistan.

The archery team with players such as Do Thi Anh Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi, Hoang Phuong Thao, Le Quoc Phong, Hoang Van Loc, Nguyen Thi Hai Chau, Le Pham Ngoc Anh, Duong Duy Bao, Nguyen Dat Manh, Tran Trung Hieu, Hoang Thi Mai, Voong Phuong Thao, Nguyen Duy, Nguyen Minh Quy will compete in the next World Cup in Korea and the final Olympic qualifying round in Türkiye in May to accumulate points.

In addition to the official tickets that athletes win through the qualifying rounds, sports delegations are also given a number of special tickets (often called "invitations"). This happened at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh competed with an invitation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

*Hoang Xuan Vinh competed with an invitation from the International Olympic Committee at the 2020 Olympics.*

Also at that Olympics, swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien was allowed to compete in the 200m and 800m freestyle events at the Tokyo Olympics under an "invitation" from the IOC. However, to receive this special ticket, athletes must also meet certain standards and achievements.

The 2024 Paris Olympics will open on July 26. Up to now, the Vietnamese sports delegation, the sports and the athletes are still racing against time, looking for the last tickets to the Summer Olympics.

The 10 places for the 2024 Paris Olympics of the Vietnamese sports delegation up to this point are Nguyen Thi That (cycling), Trinh Thu Vinh, Le Thi Mong Tuyen (shooting), Vo Thi Kim Anh (boxing), Nguyen Huy Hoang (swimming), Trinh Van Vinh (weightlifting), Nguyen Thuy Linh, Le Duc Phat (badminton), Nguyen Thi Huong (canoeing), Pham Thi Hue (rowing).

Khanh Linh

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