Showing posts with label medal Asian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medal Asian. Show all posts

Friday, October 29, 2010

Swimmer dreams of Asian Games glory

Holding his breath: Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huu Viet hopes to win a medal at the Asian Games in China's Guangzhou Province in mid November. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong

Holding his breath: Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huu Viet hopes to win a medal at the Asian Games in China's Guangzhou Province in mid November. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong

HA NOI — Nguyen Huu Viet has been struggling to cut his 100m breaststroke time to one minute, but he must be faster if he wants a shot at winning a medal at the Asian Games from November 12-27.

Viet, who won three gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, spent four years training before he was able to reduce his time from 1:03.08 to 1:01.60.

The Vietnamese star will be up against Japanese record holder, Kosuke Katajima, who broke the Olympic record in Beijing with a time of 58.91sec.

Viet, 22, has been training in Guangxi, China, and has set his sights on bringing home a medal from the Asian Games.

At the Philippines' SEA Games five years ago, Viet brought home a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke, an event the country hadn't seen a gold in for 32 years, but he failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in the 100m breaststroke when he finished 58 out of 63.

In the Guangzhou Asian Games, the 22-year-old is scheduled to compete in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events.

"We'll provide the best conditions to propel him into the top three at the Asian Games. However, Viet will need to try his best against some of Asia's top stars to even challenge for a bronze medal," said Viet Nam Aquatic Sport Association's general secretary Dinh Viet Hung.

"Viet has been coached by Nguyen Anh Tuan over the last year and he will fly to Guangzhou as the swimming event takes place on November 13-18," Hung added.

"It'll be really tough for Viet to cut down his best time to a minute. Although rapidly progressing in the seven years spent training abroad, his quickest finish was only one second faster than his current 1:01.60 to qualify for the final," explained swimming coach, Nguyen Manh Tuan, a former competitor in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

"I just hope Viet will turn on the magic to win a glorious victory for the country at the Asian Games. He is still a bright hope for Viet Nam in Asia's biggest sporting event.

"He has just needs an additional one second to take a place on the medal podium, but it'll be a really tough job for him," Tuan said.

The Hai Phong-born swimmer will compete in the pool events with Vo Thai Nguyen, teenager Hoang Quy Phuoc in the men's division and women's athletes Pham Thi Hue and Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen. — VNS

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Team set to peak for Asian Games

Team set to peak for Asian Games

The Vietnamese gymnastics team has vowed to bring home their first medal from the Asian Games.


"It will be a challenge for us at Asia 's biggest games, but I do
believe that all athletes will make something happen like they did at
the World Cup event," said head of the National Sports Administration's
gymnastics division Nguyen Kim Lan.


Top gymnasts Phan Thi
Ha Thanh and Pham Phuoc Hung will lead their team as they attempt to
bring home a gold medal at the Asian Games in China next month.


The duo performed well at the Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Cup in Porto , Portugal in June.


Thanh pocketed a silver medal in the women's individual vault event.


The Southeast Asian Games champion finished seventh out of 19 in the floor event and seventh in the balanced beam competition.


"It's the best result a Vietnamese gymnast has achieved at an
international competition since the country first competed at the Moscow
Olympics in 1980," said Lan.


Pham Phuoc Hung achieved a personal best when he finished fourth in the men's individual parallel bars event at the World Cup.


The Hanoian qualified for the parallel bars final round at the World
Artistic Gymnastics Championship in London last October.


Hung, who has been training in China since 1998, and his male
teammates will compete at the international event in the Netherlands ,
which runs through next week.


The team will also receive help from Do Thi Ngan Thuong, who is eligible to compete in the women's all-around event.


The Beijing Olympian said she will do her best at the Guangzhou Games to win a medal that she can add to her collection./.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Top gymnasts to compete at Asian Games

HA NOI – The Vietnamese gymnastics team has vowed to bring home their first medal from the Asian Games.

"It will be a challenge for us at Asia's biggest games, but I do believe that all athletes will make something happen like they did at the World Cup event," said head of the National Sports Administration's gymnastics division Nguyen Kim Lan.

Top gymnasts Phan Thi Ha Thanh and Pham Phuoc Hung will lead their team as they attempt to bring home a gold medal at the Asian Games in China next month.

The duo performed well at the Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Cup in Porto, Portugal in June.

Thanh pocketed a silver medal in the women's individual vault event.

The Southeast Asian Games champion finished seventh out of 19 in the floor event and seventh in the balanced beam competition.

"It's the best result a Vietnamese gymnast has achieved at an international competition since the country first competed at the Moscow Olympics in 1980," said Lan.

Pham Phuoc Hung achieved a personal best when he finished fourth in the men's individual parallel bars event at the World Cup.

The Hanoian qualified for the parallel bars final round at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship in London last October.

Hung, who has been training in China since 1998, and his male teammates will compete at the international event in the Netherlands, which runs through next week.

The team will also receive help from Do Thi Ngan Thuong, who is eligible to compete in the women's all-around event.

The Beijing Olympian said she will do her best at the Guangzhou Games to win a medal that she can add to her collection. – VNS

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