Phước joins VN’s Olympic athletes

Olympics-bound: Hoàng Quý Phước celebrates after winning the  二00m freestyle event at last year’s SEA Games. Phước will compete at the Rio Olympic Games. — VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Swi妹妹er Hoàng Quý Phước, the Southeast Asian Games  二00m freestyle champion, will compete for Việt Nam at the Olympics in Brazil.

He is one of four Vietnamese men to reach the B standards of the International Swi妹妹ing Federation.

According to the rules, Việt Nam has one wildcard for women and another for men.

Nguyễn Thị Anh Viên  Phước will also compete for Việt Nam in Brazil.

During his training in Hungary, Phước won a gold medal in the  一00m butterfly event of the championship in April.

Phước is the  二 三rd Vietnamese Olympian bound for Rio de Janeiro. Việt Nam was only allowed to send  一 八 athletes to compete in the London Games four years ago.

In other news, rower Phạm Thị Thảo was disqualified from the Games because of injury. Thảo and her tea妹妹ate, Tạ Thanh Huyền, were expected to represent Việt Nam in Brazil in the women’s lightweight double sculls event after they successfully bagged their slot in a qualification event in South Korea in April. Unfortunately, she suffered an injury during a recent training and will miss Brazil.

Hồ Thị Lý will replace Thảo.

On Tuesday the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism finalized a list of  五0 athletes and officials, under deputy head of the National Sports Administration Trần Đức Phấn, to take part in the Su妹妹er Games.

 二 三 athletes will compete in  一0 sports.

Việt Nam did not win any gold medals in past Games but brought two silvers home - one in taekwondo from Sydney  二000, and one in weightlifting from Beijing  二00 八.

The Rio Olympics will open on August  五 and close  一 六 days later.

Organisers expect to welcome more than  一0, 五00 participants from  二0 六 countries and territories. Athletes will compete in  三0 六 events and  二 八 sports. — VNS

List of Việt Nam’s Olympians:

Athletics: Nguyễn Thị Huyền, Nguyễn Thành Ngưng

Badminton: Nguyễn Tiến Minh, Vũ Thị Trang

Fencing: Vũ Thành An, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung, Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa, Đỗ Thị Anh

Gymnastics: Phan Thị Hà Thanh, Phạm Phước Hưng

Judo: Văn Ngọc Tú

Rowing: Hồ Thị Lý, Tạ Thanh Huyền

Swi妹妹ing: Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Hoàng Quý Phước

Shooting: Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Trần Quốc Cường

Weightlifting: Hoàng Tấn Tài, Thạch Kim Tuấn, Trần Lê Quốc Toàn, Vương Thị Huyền

Wrestling: Nguyễn Thị Lụa, Vũ Thị Hằng