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Vietnamese female badminton player wins first game at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh beat her French rival Qi Xuefei in the group qualification round of women's singles on July 24 morning on the first official competing day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Vietnamese female badminton player wins first game at Tokyo 2020 Olympics ảnh 1Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnamese badminton player NguyenThuy Linh beat her French rival Qi Xuefei in the group qualification round ofwomen's singles on July 24 morning on the first official competing day of the Tokyo2020 Olympics.

With the 2-0 (21-11, 21-11) triumph, Linh’s chance to advance to the next round hasbecome higher. She will face world No.1 player Tai Tzu Ying from Taiwan (China)and Sabrina Jaquet of Switzerland, the world's 46th player, on July 26 and 27.

Linh, who is joining the Olympics for the first time, showedstable performance without any anxiety.

The Vietnam Badminton Federation decided to reward Linh with20 million VND in cash right after her successful game.

On July 24, Vietnamese athletes will also compete in shooting, gymnastics,taekwondo, rowing and boxing.

Particularly, veteran gunman Hoang Xuan Vinh will open theOlympics with the 10-m air pistol event that helped him win a gold medal at the Rio2016 Olympics.

Earlier on July 23, Vietnam’s quest for Olympicglory began before the opening ceremony with archers Do Thi Anh Nguyet and NguyenHoang Phi Vu in action.

Nguyet finished 49th among a total of 64 competitors with628 points in the qualifying round of the Women’s Recurve event. 

Nguyet, however, will progress to the next round to competeagainst the host nation’s Hayakawa Ren.

This year marks the first time that the 20-year-old archerhas competed in the Olympics.

On the men’s side, Nguyen Hoang Phi Vu gained 647 points andranked 53rd out of 64 athletes. Kim Je Deok of the Republic of Korea led this categorywith 688 points, followed by Ellison Brady of the US with 682 points and OhJinhyek with 681 points.

With this result, Vu will face Tang Chih Chung of ChineseTaipei who ranked 12th in the qualifying round with 668 points.

With a total score of 647 for Vu and 628 points for Nguyet, the two Vietnamese archers have a total score of 1,275, and are ranked 23 out of 29 in the mixed doubles. This means they can’t win the right to compete in the next round, taking place on July 24.

Vietnam sent a 43-strong delegation, including 18 athletes competing in 11 sports to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, led by Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Sports Administration Tran Duc Phan./.
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