At noon on December 9, members of the Vietnam Athletics Team left for Thailand to participate in the 33rd SEA Games.
The leader of the Vietnam Athletics Team at the 33rd SEA Games, Mr. Nguyen Duc Nguyen, said that the groups will travel to Thailand from training locations in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
When present in Bangkok (Thailand), the whole team was taken to their accommodation and then ready to go to the training ground before officially competing. The 33rd SEA Games Athletics will take place from December 11 to December 16.
The Vietnam Athletics Team registered 50 athletes to participate in the 33rd SEA Games and this is the team with the largest force of the Vietnam Athletics Team.
The goal of Vietnam's athletics is to win at least 12 gold medals at the 33rd SEA Games. Before the departure, the Vietnam Athletics Federation announced a reward fund of 1 billion VND if the athletes achieve the target of 12 gold medals.
At the 33rd SEA Games, the Vietnam Athletics Team still has many faces that have won medals at the 32nd SEA Games, continuing to compete such as Nguyen Thi Oanh, Nguyen Trung Cuong, Le Thi Tuyet, Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc, Huynh Thi My Tien, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Hang, Tran Nhat Hoang...
The 33rd SEA Games athletics has 47 events held at Supachalasai National Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand). We are expected to participate in 38 events of athletics at the 33rd SEA Games.
Before going to Thailand, some content groups were trained in China to improve their physical strength and tactics. Meanwhile, the women's 4x400m relay team has been trained in France. The coaching staff believes that the players will achieve good form in Thailand this time.
One of the obstacles for athletes is the hot weather in Bangkok (Thailand). On December 10, the countries will hold a technical session before the official competition to grasp the specific schedule for athletics.
