Olympic Tokyo 2020: weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan’s medal hope fades

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan competes at Tokyo 2020 Olympics on July 25 (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) –Thach Kim Tuan, Vietnam’s medal hope in men’s weightlifting event at OlympicTokyo 2020, has failed to perform at his best on July 25.

Contesting in the 61-kg category, Tuan failed in his first attemptat snatch of 126kg and succeeded at the second attempt. However, when theweight was raised to 130kg, he could not make it, and had to settle at the 8th place with 126kg.

Inthe clean and jerk lift, Tuan failed the first two attempts of 150kg. In histhird attempt, when the weight was increased to 153, his performance wasrejected by two judges, leaving him without any points.
           
The second Vietnamese athlete competing in the afternoon ofJuly 25 was boxer Nguyen Thi Tam. She was defeated 2-3 by Stoyka Krasteva ofBulgaria. This is the first time Vietnamese female boxing has had arepresentative at the Olympic Games.

In the morning the same day, Vietnamese athletes were also notsuccessful in their competition in rowing and judo.

Later on the day, badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will playAnders Antonsen  of Denmark in the group match of badminton’s men’s single. /.

VNA