This group of athletes will include Quach Thi Lan, Nguyen Thi Hang, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh and Le Thi Tuyet Mai. They will train Thailand within 1 month, starting on April 25.
Of these, Tuyet Mai young athletes will meet later than the seniors who are attending the Asian Young Championship in the 2024 in the UAE.
The team members gathered in Hanoi, practicing at the National Sports Training Center waiting for the departure date.
Vietnamese athletics aims to win an official ticket to the Paris Olympic Games with the content of 4x400m relay. This is the content that Vietnamese athletics hold the No. 1 Asian position. Vietnam won this gold medal in the Asian Championship 2023.
According to the World Athletics Federation, 16 female 4x400m relay teams with the highest position on the rankings will receive the official ticket to the Olympics.
But on the ranking of the World Athletics Federation, the 4x400m relay content, Vietnam Athletics Team has 28. Ranked on Vietnam from 17 to 27 to 27 are the relay teams of India, Czech Republic, Botswana, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Spain, Kenya, Australia, Sri Lanka, Colombia. Meaning, the team must overcome 12 more names to win tickets.
At this time, Vietnamese sports had 9 pulsions to the Paris Olympic Games. The delegation only ranked 5th out of 11 Southeast Asian countries in terms of the number of participants, under Thailand (21), Indonesia (17), Singapore (12), Philippines (11).
