The Asian Athletics Federation has announced that Vietnam has four athletes to compete at the Asian Grand Prix in India this June.
Sprinter Vu Thi Huong will return to compete in this event after being injured last year.
Apart from Huong, Vietnam has another three athletes qualifying to take part in the tournament, namely Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Nguyen Van Hung and Truong Thanh Hang.
The best achievement of Huong in the women's 100m is 11.34 sec. Cuong's 800m result is 1:50.65. Hung's triple jump is 16m37 and Hang's 800m is 2:02.45.
Except for Hung, the three remaining national members competed in the Asian Grand Prix. Huong and Hang saw top three finishes of the event's three legs and received valued prizes.
Huong and Hang have dominated events in the Southeast Asian Games and hold several records. HCM City-born Hang also won gold medals in the women's 800m and 1,500m races at the annual Asian Grand Prix.
Huong has already won gold and clocked in a time of 7.24 in the third Asian Indoor Games' 60m race last November in Vietnam .
They are in top fitness, having improved their stamina and upper-body strength after a training course at Lang Biang Mountain, Lam Dong province under the guide of German coach Gunter Lange and Uwe Freimuth. With such good preparations, experts hope that they will record dramatically improved results.
Top Vietnamese athletes will face strong rivals from China, the Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the hosts India .
As scheduled, the first round of the tournament will take place in Pune, India on June 1, the next round in Bangalore on June 5 and the final round in Chennai on June 9.
Vietnamese sports-lovers are also pinning their hopes on Huong and Hang in the 16th Asian Games in November./.
Sprinter Vu Thi Huong will return to compete in this event after being injured last year.
Apart from Huong, Vietnam has another three athletes qualifying to take part in the tournament, namely Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Nguyen Van Hung and Truong Thanh Hang.
The best achievement of Huong in the women's 100m is 11.34 sec. Cuong's 800m result is 1:50.65. Hung's triple jump is 16m37 and Hang's 800m is 2:02.45.
Except for Hung, the three remaining national members competed in the Asian Grand Prix. Huong and Hang saw top three finishes of the event's three legs and received valued prizes.
Huong and Hang have dominated events in the Southeast Asian Games and hold several records. HCM City-born Hang also won gold medals in the women's 800m and 1,500m races at the annual Asian Grand Prix.
Huong has already won gold and clocked in a time of 7.24 in the third Asian Indoor Games' 60m race last November in Vietnam .
They are in top fitness, having improved their stamina and upper-body strength after a training course at Lang Biang Mountain, Lam Dong province under the guide of German coach Gunter Lange and Uwe Freimuth. With such good preparations, experts hope that they will record dramatically improved results.
Top Vietnamese athletes will face strong rivals from China, the Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the hosts India .
As scheduled, the first round of the tournament will take place in Pune, India on June 1, the next round in Bangalore on June 5 and the final round in Chennai on June 9.
Vietnamese sports-lovers are also pinning their hopes on Huong and Hang in the 16th Asian Games in November./.
