Top Vietnamese female cyclist Nguyen Thi That (middle). (Photo: mediacdn.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Top Vietnamese female cyclist Nguyen Thi That willlikely earn a ticket to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympicsin Tokyo, Japan.
The International Cycling Federation (UCI) has announced that That ranks 33rdin the world. It means she can play in Tokyo in 2020.
Under the rules of the UCI, cyclists in the world’s top 100 are automaticallyqualified to compete in the Olympics.
With her present form, That is expected to stay in the top 100 from now untilthe end of this year when the UCI will announce the official Olympian list.
That won the one-day woman’s cycle race Dwars door de Westhoekin Belgium on June 3 which attracted over 150 cyclists from manynations around the world.
The 25-year-old girl from the southern province of AnGiang is training in UCI World Cycling Centre in Switzerland toprepare for the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018, to be heldin Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.
That, who is considered the Queen of Vietnamese cycling, won the country’sfirst-ever women’s Asian gold medal at the Asian Road & Para-CyclingChampionships 2018 held in Myanmar in February.
She overcame 26 rivals, including top performers from China, Japan and theRepublic of Korea, to take first place in the women’s 106-km road race.-VNS/VNA
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