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Wushu Vietnam gears up for ASIAD

The Vietnamese wushu team is gearing up for the Asian Games (ASIAD) 19 in China this September.
Wushu Vietnam gears up for ASIAD ảnh 1Duong Thuy Vi is golden hope of the Vietnamese wushu in the Asian Games in China. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — The Vietnamese wushu team is gearing upfor the Asian Games (ASIAD) 19 in China this September.

The team earned sixgold medals at the SEA Games 32 held in Cambodia. This will be a drivingforce for the team when they travel to China.

“We will try our bestat the ASIAD to earn medals for the country,” head coach Nguyen Van Chuong said.

However, the Vietnamesewushu team has not set a specific goal on which medals they will win asaccording to coach Chuong, wushu is a martial art originating from China, sothe host athletes are expected to have outstanding achievements. Besides China,teams from China’s Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and the Republic of Korea are alsovery strong in this martial art.

Chuong added: “At the ASIAD 19, Vietnam will send 13 athletesto compete. They all have chances to compete for medals. In wushu , it dependsa lot on psychology, technique and tactics, so Vietnamese will make everyeffort to gain the best results.”

Currently, theVietnamese wushu team is training in China. In August, the whole team will haveintensive training sessions ahead of the ASIAD.

The golden hope for isDuong Thuy Vi, who won gold at the ASIAD 17 in 2014.

Vu Van Trung, head ofthe wushu section of the National Sports Administration said: “The hope on Viis completely grounded as she took the gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games in Mayin the jianshu and qiangshu event. This category will also be present in theupcoming ASIAD 19. In addition, we expect that Nong Van Huu, Nguyen Thị Hienand Nguyen Le Chi can also win medals"./.

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