Keep sports pure

Don't lose faith

Sports expert Nguyen Hong Minh once shared: "When we go to actual tournaments at all levels (not high performance or national tournaments), we will see that all athletes participate. aiming for the highest goal of competing and achieving achievements with one's own abilities.

Therefore, if for any reason or purpose there is a question of asking, giving or giving away a medal, it will not create fairness."

The parents of the student who was asked to give up his medal when competing at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Talented Karate Championship wrote in an angry response: "I write this petition to denounce serious violations." The appreciation of coach Mong Tam, Tan Binh district karate team and the referee team of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Talent Championship Karate 2024 in the 10-11 year old female kumite final of weight class 45 took place on August 18, 2024.

Coach Nguyen Thi Mong Tam committed fraud on achievements and exchanged medals of martial arts students for her own benefit. The referees acted unfairly, completely changing the outcome of the match. The above two subjects coordinated with each other to the end, causing hurt to my family and my 11-year-old daughter and tarnishing the reputation of karate in particular and school sports activities in general. ..”.

The 2024 Ho Chi Minh City Young Talented Karate Championship is just a specific tournament, organized locally, not a national level tournament. Every year, 63 localities across the country organize sports activities and tournaments for all ages in many sports.

The role of the manager

The two most recent lessons the sports industry has witnessed are the case of nutrition issues in the Vietnamese youth table tennis team and the fund collection case in the Vietnam women's gymnastics team.

After the problems were shared, the first thing that became clear to the sports industry was that trust in managers was affected. Even in all the comments on many sports forums on the social networking platform Facebook, former athletes themselves who have trained and competed also say that they have lost faith in the management style. sports right now.

From seemingly small and odd incidents like that and the additional problem of karate in Ho Chi Minh City at this time, managers must clearly see their awareness and responsibility to solve it thoroughly. The reason for the story is still achievement. Achievement creates pressure for managers.

Anyone who works in the profession knows that athletes or students competing in tournaments are not at fault. The children who compete are pure. However, managers or their direct teachers are the ones who have prepared and want to achieve the medal achievement goal .

“Youth level tournaments have been specifically classified by age group to avoid unfair competition. Likewise, all tournaments issue specific regulations and rules. And if you are a good manager, you must always closely grasp the operation of the tournaments as well as create fairness for all" - Mr. Nguyen Hong Minh added.