Vietnamese Sports at the 2024 Olympics with 16 athletes in 11 sports, from land to water, from close combat to fencing through a net, from individual mental battles to physical strength. After 11 days of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, all Vietnamese athletes have failed.
There was a regrettable failure of Trịnh Thu Vinh in the shooting sport - ranking fourth in the 10m pistol event and a slight disappointment for Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt in archery, who could not go beyond the 1/32 round, but ultimately, for Vietnamese sports to compete for medals, there are still many issues to be resolved.
As of today, Vietnamese sports at the 2024 Olympics still have two athletes left, namely Trịnh Văn Vinh (weightlifting) and Nguyễn Thị Hương (canoeing), among whom, hope is pinned on the 28-year-old weightlifter. Trịnh Văn Vinh will compete in the men's 61kg category. In this weight category, Vietnam once had Thạch Kim Tuấn competing at Tokyo 2020, with a loss in the snatch event, resulting in no ranking points.
In a slightly lower weight category, 56kg, Vietnamese sports have Hoàng Anh Tuấn winning a Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Trần Lê Quốc Toàn winning a Bronze Medal at the 2012 London Olympics, and also Quốc Toàn ranking fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Comparing the two weight categories, it can be seen that, with just a slightly higher weight, the challenges for Vietnamese athletes will increase exponentially, due to the high level of competition. In the event of Trịnh Văn Vinh this year, there is still Li Fabin of China, who holds the world record in the snatch (146kg) and total lift (318kg). In addition, there are very strong athletes from the United States, Bulgaria, not to mention four other opponents from Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. At the departure ceremony of the Vietnamese sports delegation, Trịnh Văn Vinh only said briefly, "I will fight to the end." This is a natural expectation for any athlete stepping onto the competition floor...
