Vietnamese badminton players to compete at 2021 BWF World Championships

Vietnamese top badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh, Vu Thi Trang and Nguyen Thuy Linh will compete at the 2021 BWF World Championships in Spain slated for this December.

Thursday, October 28, 2021 15:14

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Badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh and Nguyen Thuy Linh won berth to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese top badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh, Vu Thi Trang and Nguyen Thuy Linh willcompete at the 2021 BWF World Championships in Spain slated for this December.

Minh, the highestranked badminton player of Vietnam and former world's number 4, earned a bronzemedal at the world tournament in 2013 and another bronze at the Asian Championships twoyears ago.

At the age of 38, he clinched a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games held this July.

Trang is also a veteran player of Vietnam as she competed atthe 2016 Olympics in Brazil and was a bronze medallist at the 2010 YouthOlympic Games in Singapore.

This year, in her first Olympic appearance, Linh won twomatches and was only defeated by No.1 player Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei.

General Secretary ofthe Vietnam Badminton Federation Le Thanh Ha said the upcoming competition willoffer a valuable chance for Vietnamese players to sharpen their skills at internationalarena, after they have hardly competed at any tournaments in the recent past due toCOVID-19./.

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