Although she is no longer at her peak performance as in the previous Games, Thao is still expected because she has experience and competitive spirit. She is currently very focused on the goal of competing at her best at this year's Asian Games.
This morning, the golden girl of Vietnamese athletics at the SEA Games, Nguyen Thi Huyen, will compete in the women's 400m hurdles qualifying round at 9:48 a.m. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thi Oanh will compete in the final of the 3,000m steeplechase at 6:20 p.m. This is the event in which she is most expected at the 19th Asian Games. At the 2018 Asian Games, Nguyen Thi Oanh excellently won the bronze medal with a time of 9 minutes 43 seconds 83.
In the women's 200m final at 6:45 p.m., 18-year-old runner Tran Thi Nhi Yen is expected to create a surprise. Hopefully, Vietnamese athletics will have good news tonight at one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world, designed in the shape of a lotus flower.
Meanwhile, in the canoe sprint, rowers will compete in three finals: women's canoe doubles, women's kayak doubles, and men's canoe doubles, starting at 9:50 this morning. Ms. Duong Hong Hanh - in charge of Rowing at the Department of Sports and Physical Training said that the team participating in the Asian Games this time are all young athletes. The whole team will try to compete for the best results.
Yesterday, the chess team brought home another silver medal for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation.
Another notable highlight of today's competition is that the Vietnamese women's sepak takraw team will meet the Japanese team at 1:00 p.m. Earlier on the morning of October 1, in the opening match of sepak takraw, the Vietnamese women's sepak takraw team won 2-0 against the Myanmar team. This is the opponent competing for the medal with the Vietnamese women's sepak takraw. Hopefully this victory will help the sepak takraw girls have more spirit and motivation in today's competition.
The 4-women team is the event that Vietnam Sports is hoping to bring home a gold medal at this year's Games. On October 3, the Vietnamese women's sepak takraw team will meet the Indonesian team, and on October 5, the team will meet the Indian team.
Head coach Tran Thi Vui said that Indonesia is a strong opponent, the Vietnamese team has met in the final of the world championship. Therefore, the Vietnamese team must be very careful. Sepak Takraw is a sport that has won the Asian Games gold medal, so hopefully in the upcoming competition days, the Vietnamese girls will bring home good news.
In weightlifting, today Hoang Thi Duyen and Quang Thi Tam will compete in the women's 59kg category. These are also two outstanding faces of Vietnamese weightlifting today. However, after 2 days of weightlifting competition, the weightlifters from China and North Korea have demonstrated their superior strength, so it will be very difficult for athletes from other countries in the medal competition.
Also on today's competition day, Archery will start at 8am. Badminton will start at 9am for men's singles; chess will start at 2pm for men's team; kurush will start at 8:30am; roller sports will start at 8am this morning.
As of October 1, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation won 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, 12 bronze medals, ranking 17th out of 45 countries and territories participating in the Games. Today, the Delegation will compete in 9 sports and send the shooting, golf, and eSports teams home; and welcome the Jujitsu and karate teams to the 19th Asian Games athlete village.
THU SAM (from Hangzhou, China)
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