On September 24 - the first official competition day of the 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 2023), the Vietnamese sports delegation will compete in 14 events, including shooting, boxing, men's football, table tennis, swimming, chess, fencing, eSports, judo, rowing, taekwondo, tennis, gymnastics and wushu.
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| The opening ceremony of the 19th ASIAD at the Olympic Stadium in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, September 23. (Photo: THX/TTXVN) |
Among them are sports that Vietnam expects medals in such as rowing, shooting, boxing...
In shooting, shooters Le Thi Mong Tuyen, Nguyen Thi Thao, and Phi Thanh Thao entered the qualifying round of the women's 10m air rifle event this morning, September 24. Runner-up of the 2010 ASIAD, Ha Minh Thanh, and teammates Phan Xuan Chuyen and Vu Tien Nam also began the qualifying round.
In boxing, at 3:15 p.m., SEA Games 32 champion Ha Thi Linh will compete in the round of 32 against an athlete from Nepal, women's 60kg. Meanwhile, in the men's 80kg category, at 4:45 p.m., boxer Nguyen Manh Tuong will compete in the round of 16. World runner-up Nguyen Thi Tam will compete in her first match against an opponent from India, women's 50kg category, at 7 p.m., round of 32. In the women's 54kg category, boxer Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tran will compete in the round of 16 against Tajikistan, at 7:30 p.m.
In rowing, rowers Nguyen Thi Giang and Pham Thi Thao will enter the final of the women's double sculls with 2 oars at 10:00 a.m. Meanwhile, Dinh Thi Hao, Du Thi Bong, Ha Thi Vui and Pham Thi Hue will compete in the final of the women's quad sculls with 1 oar at 10:50 a.m.
Gymnastics is also a sport that Vietnamese sports aim to win medals at the 2023 ASIAD. The qualifying rounds of rings, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bars, freestyle gymnastics, and pommel horse will start at 10am on September 24 and the finals will be at 7pm on the same day. The bright faces competing today include Nguyen Van Khanh Phong, Le Thanh Tung, Pham Phuoc Hieu, Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien, Trinh Hai Khang, etc.
Meanwhile, the team with the most fans following is the national Olympic football team, which will meet Saudi Arabia at 7:30 p.m.
In table tennis, the best male players today, such as the current champion of the men's and women's team, Dinh Anh Hoang, and his teammates: Doan Ba Tuan Anh, Le Tien Dat, Le Dinh Duc, Nguyen Anh Tu, will compete in the round of 16 against opponents from Iran, men's team event, at 10am. In the women's team event, athletes Bui Ngoc Lan, Nguyen Thuy Kieu My, Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh, Nguyen Thi Nga, Tran Mai Ngoc, will compete in the round of 16, women's team event. The quarter-finals of these two events will take place at 4pm on September 24.
The Vietnamese swimmers will warm up when Tran Hung Nguyen and Nguyen Quang Thuan compete in the qualifying round of the men's 200m medley at 10:10. Meanwhile, their teammates will also compete in the men's 100m freestyle, women's 50m breaststroke, women's 1,500m freestyle, etc.
Chess also begins the individual men's and women's events, starting at 3:00 p.m. on September 24. Meanwhile, fencing athletes will begin their qualifying matches at 9:00 a.m.; eSports athletes will also begin their competitions at 9:00 a.m.; and Judo will begin with the women's 48kg, men's 60kg, and men's 66kg weight classes at 10:00 a.m.
In taekwondo, the athletes also started competing at 9am on September 24; tennis started at 12pm. Wushu started at 10:15am with the women's tai chi chuan event. The women's tai chi sword event started at 2:30pm. Four Wushu weight classes competed on the evening of September 24.
Previously, on September 23, the men's table tennis team performed excellently, defeating Saudi Arabia to finish second in Group A and advance to the round of 16, while the women's table tennis team defeated Mongolia to finish second in Group B and advance to the round of 16.
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