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Vietnamese shooter invited to compete at Tokyo Olympics

Vietnam has received an invitation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete in shooting at the coming Tokyo Olympics.
Vietnamese shooter invited to compete at Tokyo Olympics ảnh 1Hoang Xuan Vinh of Vietnam (right) poses with Korean four-time Olympic shooting champion Jin Jong-oh in Hanoi's National Sport Training Centre in 2018. (Photo danviet.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has receivedan invitation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete inshooting at the coming Tokyo Olympics.

The IOC offered a slot to one Vietnamese athlete in the men's 10m air pistolcategory and asked the Vietnam Shooting Federation to send an outstandingor well-known marksman to the Games this July.

At the last Games in Rio five yearsago, shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh secured the country's first Olympic gold inthe 10m air pistol.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that forced manytournaments to be cancelled or delayed, Vinh and his teammates failed to securea berth in Tokyo.

The Vietnam Shooting Federation has nominated Vinh for the position.

The 47-year-old Vinh became thefirst Vietnamese shooter to rank No 1 in the world after his Olympicvictory, but has performed poorly since and now sits at No 38.

Shooting is the 14th slot for Vietnam at theJuly 23-August 8 event, following those in taekwondo, swimming,gymnastics, boxing, badminton, rowing, archery and weightlifting. More slots inathletics and boxing will be confirmed later./.
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