Vietnam's Olympic schedule today: Hope again in Trinh Thu Vinh

Extremely difficult hurdle in the qualifying round

Of the two events that Trinh Thu Vinh competed in at the 2024 Olympics, the 25m women's air pistol event is not the forte of the Thanh Hoa shooter. Vinh demonstrated almost her full potential in the 10m women's air pistol event, which is considered her strongest event. In her first time participating in the Olympics, Vinh was very excellent with impressive shots to finish in the top 4 of the qualifying round and become one of the 8 best shooters to enter the final round. In the medal competition with 7 extremely strong opponents, Vinh tried very hard but unfortunately, she did not have the desired shot. Although she did not win a medal, the fourth place overall was not a poor result for the girl born in 2000, especially since Vinh has only been practicing shooting for 7 years.

Trinh Thu Vinh is ready to take action.

Today, fans across the country will be anxiously watching her qualifying round in the women's 25m air pistol at 2:00 p.m. (Vietnam time). The ultimate challenge continues to await our beautiful girl. Thu Vinh will compete again with 3 of the strong opponents she faced in the women's 10m air pistol final. They are Tarhan Sevval Ilayda (Turkey) in the top 8, Kim Yeji (Korea), the silver medalist, and Bhaker Manu (India), who narrowly beat Vinh to win the bronze medal. Vinh will also face very formidable Chinese shooters such as Lang Xiaoya and Zhao Nan.

Thu Vinh's last chance at the 2024 Olympics

But no matter who the opponent is, the most important thing for Trinh Thu Vinh is to strive to surpass herself. Korean expert Park Chung-gun said: “I have great confidence in my student because every achievement at the Olympics is an accumulation. Trinh Thu Vinh has had a positive change in her expertise through the women's 10m air pistol event. Vinh's mentality is also very good, with high stability in competition. As long as she maintains this state, Vinh can aim for the goal of at least reaching the finals of the women's 25m air pistol event.”

A boost from champion Hoang Xuan Vinh

Although the qualifying round results are not counted in the final round, the qualifying round rankings reflect the final situation quite accurately. Observing the shooting events at the 2024 Olympics, most of the 3 gold, silver and bronze medal positions are from shooters in the top 4 qualifying rounds. There are very few surprises because no shooter dares to be subjective but must show the most stable and quintessential performance right from the qualifying round. Just one mistake will not be in the group of 8 finalists. The qualifying round results will therefore influence the shooters' chances of winning. Therefore, Trinh Thu Vinh is very determined not only to enter the top 8 but also to try to shoot well to at least be in the top 4 qualifying rounds for the women's 25m air pistol event.

The shining example of senior Hoang Xuan Vinh at the Brazilian Olympics 8 years ago will be the motivation for Trinh Thu Vinh to look at. Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh at that time also competed in 2 events. After winning the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event, he competed in the 50m slow-fire pistol event, which is not his forte. But with his will, talent, determination and high concentration, the shooter born in 1974 made an effort to finish 6th in the qualifying round and caused a shock in the final round. He won the silver medal spectacularly. That will be the impetus for Trinh Thu Vinh to "attack" the event that is not her forte. Hopefully, she will be the one to bring back good news not only for the Vietnamese sports delegation who are eagerly waiting for a worthy achievement, but also create a strong effect for the country's shooting.

Vietnam's number 1 speed runner enters the race

At 3:35 p.m. today (August 2), Vietnam's number 1 speed runner Tran Thi Nhi Yen (born in 2005) competed in the preliminary round of the women's 100m track and field event. The athlete from Long An participated in the Paris Olympics thanks to a special ticket and is expected to pass the preliminary round when competing with opponents of equal strength. Each round selects the 3 athletes who finish first to advance to the next round. In addition, the 5 athletes with the remaining good results from the 4 rounds also won tickets to the next round. Nhi Yen competed in the second round, competing with 8 other opponents. She is the athlete with the highest world ranking (227) in this round and has the second best performance parameter (11 seconds 40), behind Hazzard Halle (Grenada) with a time of 11 seconds 29.

Another Vietnamese athlete who received a special ticket to the Olympics, Vo Thi My Tien, will compete in the qualifying round at 4:14 p.m. on August 2 in the 200m medley event.

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