HCM City (VNA) – Southeast Asia sprintqueen Le Tu Chinh and her coach Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong will set off for the USon February 23 to join a training course at the IMG Academy – a sport trainingdestination in the US State of Florida.
While meeting with Chinh and Huong on February22, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports HuynhThanh Nhan said he hopes with her talent, Chinh will learn a plenty of experienceat the international arena and gain the highest achievement at the Asian Games(ASIAD) 2018 to be held in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.
Chinh vowed to exert every effort to reap thebest outcome at the event. She added that before her departure to the US, shehad frequently improved English to communicate with foreign coaches.
According to Huong, Chinh will train at the USacademy within four years from February 2018.
Chinh will return to Vietnam in August this yearto compete in the ASIAD in Indonesia.
In September 2018, Chinh will fly to the US tocontinue training and come back to Vietnam in November to partake in thenationwide sports festival.
At the IMG Academy, Chinh will work with onemain coach and others responsible for health, profession, physical strength andnutrition.
During the training session, the IMG Academywill enable Chinh to join track-and-field tournaments in US states and othercountries to sharpen her skills and gain experience.
At the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) inMalaysia in August 2017, Chinh won the 100m and 200m categories. She thenteamed up with other Vietnamese athletes to win the 4x100m relay in a time of43.88, a Games record. With the accomplishments, Chinh was praised by sportexperts as the sprint phenom in the Southeast Asian region. - VNA