Vietnam ready to compete in Youth Olympics in Argentina
Vietnamese athletes are ready to compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 6-18.
Asian Games silver medallist Nguyen Huy Hoang will compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games from October 6-18 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: tinquangbinh.com)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese athletes areready to compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to takeplace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 6-18.
Vietnam will have 13 athletes competing atthe games, playing in seven sports including badminton, gymnastics, taekwondo,dance sport, weightlifting, swimming and athletics. The athletes willleave for Argentina on October 2.
According to Tran Duc Phan, DeputyDirector General of the Vietnam Sports Administration, Vietnam aimsto earn at least one gold at the upcoming event, focusing on swimming,weightlifting and taekwondo.
The golden hopes are taekwondo martial artist HoThi Kim Ngan, who won a gold medal at the World Youth Taekwondo Championship inthe women’s U-49kg and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang, who won a silver medal at therecent Asian Games in Indonesia in the men’s 1,500m.
Vietnam have taken part in two YOG events in2010 and 2014. At the YOG in 2010, the team bagged one gold thanks toweightlifter Thach Kim Tuan in the men’s 56kg, one silver in taekwondo and twobronzes in taekwondo and badminton.
At the YOG in 2014, swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vienwon a gold medal and weightlifter Nguyen Tran Anh Tuan brought home one moresilver.
The YOG are an elite multi-sport internationalevent for the world’s best young athletes between the ages of 15 to 18. BuenosAires 2018 will mark the first time that an Olympic event has had an equalnumber of women and men athletes. There will be 1,999 women and 1,999 mencompeting in 32 sports.
The Games will truly be a celebration of sportthroughout the city. Across four different parks there will be: 286 competitionsessions, 468 sport initiation sessions, cultural and educational activitiesfor the general public and athletes, 241 medal events, 1,250 medals distributedand more than 300 hours of live competition broadcast.-VNA
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Asian Games silver medallist Nguyen Huy Hoang will compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games from October 6-18 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: tinquangbinh.com) 
