Vietnam targets 2 gold medals at upcoming ASIAD
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E-mail Xinhua, May 13, 2014
Vietnam set a target to win at least two gold medals at the upcoming 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) to be held in Incheon, South Korea, from September 19 to October 4, said a Vietnamese sports official.
Hoang Vinh Giang, deputy chairman of the Asian Olympic Council and Vietnam Olympic Committee told local media the news when he announced the country's sports delegation to compete in the regional games, local Vietnam News reported Tuesday.
Accordingly, 64 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 20 of the 36 events, among them hopes are pinned on shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, female gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh, female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, chess master Le Quang Liem, female karate artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan, and female walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc.
Veteran shooter Vinh rocked the shooting world by taking top honors and setting a new world record in the men's 10m air pistol event with 202.8 points at the recent ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in the U.S.
He also won a gold medal at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, and snatched three more gold medals at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia as well as a World Cup gold medal in Changwon, South Korea, last April.
Meanwhile, gymnast Thanh won a gold medal in the women's vault event at the Grand Prix Osijek in Croatia, and topped the same event at the Artistic & Rhythmic Gymnastics World Top Competition in Incheon in April.
Vien has become the first Vietnamese swimmer to rank in the world's top-10 in the women's 400m medley. She was voted the No.1 athlete at the March's NASA Junior National Championship Cup held in Florida, the U.S, where the invited athlete won four gold and two silver medals in the girls' 17-18 year-old group. She was the most successful swimmer at the 27th Games. Taking part in eight finals, she won three medals and set two records.
At the 16th ASIAD in China, Vietnam bagged one gold, 17 silvers and 15 bronzes. Endi
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