Vietnam Canoeing wins gold medal at Asian tournament

Diep Thi Huong won gold medal at the Asian Canoeing Championships

Today, April 19, Diep Thi Huong entered the race with 7 of Asia's strongest racers, including athletes from Taiwan (China), Thailand, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Japan, and Korea.

Despite facing strong opponents, the 23-year-old girl rowed steadily, competed excellently to finish in first place, winning the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes 18 seconds 178, 8 seconds more than the runner-up from Kazakhstan - Kisseleva Ulyana. This is a precious gold medal for Vietnamese Canoeing at this biggest tournament in Asia.

The tournament is part of the Olympic Canoeing Qualifiers and the 2024 Asian Canoeing Championship, taking place in Japan from April 18 to April 21. Vietnamese Canoeing is participating with 4 athletes competing in 4 events.

Of which, the two events competing for tickets to the Olympics are C1 200m of athlete Nguyen Thi Huong and C2 500m of Nguyen Hong Thai - Nguyen Thi Huong; the two events competing for the Asian tournament are C1 women's 500m of Diep Thi Huong and C2 500m mixed of Diep Thi Huong and Duong Anh Duc.

Source: https://vov.vn/the-thao/canoeing-viet-nam-gianh-hcv-tai-giai-chau-a-post1090074.vov