Huyen confirmed as Olympic participant
Nguyen Thi Huyen is Vietnam’s second track-and-field athlete to be named as a member of the Vietnam national team to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer.
Nguyen Thi Huyen is confirmed one of Vietnam’s athletes at the Rio Olympics this summer. (File photo)Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Thi Huyen is Vietnam’s second track-and-field athlete to be named as a member of the Vietnam national team to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer.
The information was confirmed by Vietnam Chief de Mission Tran Duc Phan at the Games, during a recent meeting with reporters in Hanoi.
Phan noted, “The final list for track-and-field will be released in mid-July, but Huyen will be one of the Olympians, for sure, as Olympics organisers informed me at a conference of chiefs de mission in Thailand.”
He added that the official announcement will be released soon.
Huyen reached B standards in the women’s 400m and 400m hurdle events at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore last year.
The two-time SEA Games champion is the 21st athlete from Vietnam to join the world’s largest sporting event.-VNA
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