Vietnam's disabled sports delegation has headed for Japan to participate in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with determined competitive spirit and without stress on achievements.
Vietnam’s disabled sports delegation has headed for Japan to participate in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with determined competitive spirit and without stress on achievements.
Recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized an online meeting with the national disabled sports delegation to encourage and motivate the athletes before they travel to Tokyo (Japan) to attend Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. At the meeting, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung passed wishes of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on to all members of the delegation. Hung expressed that he acknowledged the difficulties of the disable athletes in travelling a long distance amid the pandemic of COVID-19. He hoped that the athletes would try their best to fulfill the target. Each athlete is like an envoy who not only spreads the beautiful images of Vietnam and Vietnamese people to the Paralympics but also can overcome difficulties to win achievements and bring glory to the country.
On this occasion, Minister Nguyen Van Hung offered each athlete VND15 million as an encouragement for them to overcome difficulties. In addition, the athletes were also given valuable gifts of health insurance for themselves and their family.
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Vietnam’s disabled sports delegation comprises of 15 members. Seven athletes namely Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan, Le Van Cong, Vo Thanh Tung, Trinh Thi Bich Nhu, Do Thanh Hai, Cao Ngoc Hung, and Nguyen Thi Hai on August 20 compete in three events: weightlifting, athletics, swimming. As said by Nguyen Hong Minh, deputy director of Vietnam Sports Administration, head of Vietnam’s disabled sports delegation, the impacts of COVID-19 had caused the athletes many difficulties in practicing and maintaining their form. Therefore, the target of the delegation at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is performing their best, not putting stress on winning medals.
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics (Brazil), Vietnam’s disabled sports delegation got good results with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. At that edition of Paralympics, athlete Le Van Cong broke the word record in men’s -49kg with a lift of 183kg, earning Vietnam’s sports delegation a gold medal. Le Van Cong is also the hope of the Vietnam’s disabled sports delegation at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Besides, athlete Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan of Khanh Hoa is also expected to achieve good achievement. Loan is over 40 years old this year but with her will and energy, she has always strived to maintain practicing, being the key athlete of Khanh Hoa and Vietnam’s delegation in national and international tournaments. Her best achievement has been the gold medal at ASEAN Para Games 2017 in Malaysia. This year is also the 5th Paralympic Games in a row (from 2004 to now) that she has participated.
An Nhien
Translated by H.N
