Proud of my daughter
Sharing about his daughter, Mr. Trinh Van Ba (born 1966, residing in Quarter 1, Van Du town, Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province) said, Trinh Thu Vinh is the second daughter in a family of three sisters. me. From a young age, Vinh showed a talent for sports at school.
“I came from Vinh Loc district to Thach Thanh district to settle in 1993 and build a family here. On the first day of settling down, living conditions were extremely difficult. However, overcoming all difficulties, my husband and I have 3 daughters (the first daughter was born in 1997 - disabled, the second is Vinh, and youngest daughter born in 2008). As for Vinh, when he was young, he was very skinny. Later, when Vinh attended middle school, his teachers saw that he had sports talent and participated in running events" - Mr. Ba shared.
Also according to Mr. Ba, due to the family's hardships, his older sister was seriously ill, his parents had to work hard and work everywhere to have money to support the three sisters' medical treatment and education. Therefore, Vinh's childhood was extremely difficult, one day he went to school, the other day he came home to help his parents herd buffalo. In 8th grade, Vinh participated in a running race in Thanh Hoa province. After seeing his potential, the teachers suggested to his family that he let him join the police force's sports team, then study at the school. Tu Son sports and physical training facility (in Bac Ninh province).
It is known that during 6 years of studying athletics at school, the teachers realized that Vinh had strengths in shooting so they transferred him to this subject to practice. During many years of hard training and participating in shooting competitions, Vinh has achieved many achievements both domestically and internationally.
“Knowing that my child reached the final of the 2024 Olympic women's 10m air pistol shooting event, as parents, we are very happy. We hope that she will compete well, achieve the highest results, and bring glory home. for our family and country - we really hope for that" - Ms. Le Thi Cuong (mother of gunner Trinh Thu Vinh) shared.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hanh (65 years old, Quarter 1, Van Du town, Thach Thanh district) said that he heard that Vinh surpassed international competitors and reached the final of the shooting event - women's 10m air pistol event. At the 2024 Olympics, not only the family but also the neighbors and hometown will be happy and proud of you.
“For the first time, our hometown of Thach Thanh, Thanh Hoa has an athlete reaching the final round of such a major tournament. We are just neighbors but we are very proud. Therefore, we regularly monitor Vinh's competition process" - Mr. Hanh said.
Break through to the finals
Previously, in the shooting qualifying round - 10m air pistol women's Olympic 2024 event held yesterday (July 27), shooter Trinh Thu Vinh excellently won a ticket to the final round with 578 points, ranked 4th. /44 athletes.
The representative of Vietnam scored 97 points with 7 series of 10 points and 3 scores of 9 (shot 1); 94 points with 5 shots of 10 points, 4 points of 9 and 1 point of 8 (shot 2); 96 points with 6 shots for 10 points, 4 shots for 9 points (shot 3); 97 points with 7 10s, 3 9s (shot 4); 100 points with 10 perfect scores (5 shots); 94 points (6 shots).
The female shooter born in 2000 is only 4 points behind the leader, Veronika Major, and is also the athlete with the second most hits (only less than Indian shooter Bhaker Manu).
According to the competition schedule, at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon (July 28), Trinh Thu Vinh will compete with other athletes in the 2024 Olympic women's 10m air pistol final round, including Jiang Ranxin, Li Xue (China), Tarhan Sevval Ilayda (Turkey), Bhaker Manu (India), Kim Ye-ji, Oh Ye-jin (South Korea) and Major Veronika (Hungary).