Scene at the event (Photo: VOV) HCMCity (VNA) – A ceremony to see off a Vietnamese sport delegationto the third Asian Para Games took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September28.
The delegation comprises 75 members, including52 athletes, 11 coaches and caretakers.
They will compete in seven sports at the 2018Asian Para Games, namely swimming, athletics, weightlifting, chess, badminton,table tennis, and judo.
VicePresident and General Secretary of the Vietnam Paralympic Association Vu ThePhiet, head of the delegation, voiced his hope that the athletes will spare noefforts to achieve outstanding results during competitions, proving theextraordinary fortitude of Vietnamese athletes with disabilities.
The2018 Asian Para Games is also viewed as part of the preparations towards theTokyo Paralympics in 2020, he added.
Vietnameseathletes have joined training courses and international competitions heldacross the world to prepare for the continental sporting event.
WeightlifterNguyen Van Phuc said he eyes a medal at his second appearance at thecontinental sporting event. Phuc previously earned a silver medal in the 59kg-categoryevent at the ninth ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia in 2017, during which Vietnameseathletes bagged a total of 161 medals, including 40 gold medals and broke ninerecords of the event.
TheAsian Para Games, which follows the Asian Games (ASIAD) every four years, isset to take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 6-13.
Disabledathletes from 43 countries would compete in 18 sports at the event.
At the previous Asian Para Games in 2014, Vietnam won nine gold, sevensilver, and 13 bronze medals, finishing tenth in the overall medal tally.-VNA
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