Every group is under pressure
11 sports delegations from Southeast Asia have a total of 182 players participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Among them, some delegations aiming to compete for medals include Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Among these, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines met the specific target of winning Gold Medals. Most recently, Philippine sports won the first Gold Medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics thanks to the championship results of player Carlos Yulo in the men's individual freestyle gymnastics event. Carlos Yulo is no stranger to Southeast Asian countries because this player has participated in recent SEA Games and is still the defending champion at SEA Games 32.
Because Philippine sports "unveiled" the first Gold Medal, other sports delegations that have not yet won medals are eager to achieve the proposed achievements. Experts predict that when the final matches of boxing, badminton and some weightlifting and taekwondo events will compete, Southeast Asian sports will win more Olympic medals in Paris 2024. .
Everyone is still waiting for the Gold Medal achievement. The Vietnamese sports delegation had the most concrete opportunity to become the first country in Southeast Asia to win a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but in the two finals of shooting (women's 10m air pistol, 25m women's sports pistol), gunner Trinh Thu Vinh was unsuccessful. And just like that, we miss our target.
At Paris 2024, expert Park Chung-gun said that the prediction that Trinh Thu Vinh will reach the finals of two shooting exercises is calculated. Therefore, our shooter making it to the finals is not too surprising. However, competing in the finals is very different from competing in the qualifying rounds, so Vietnamese shooters will need more time and investment for the players to find a chance to return.
Vietnam gradually lost hope
Vietnam only has three last chances to compete for a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the case of players Nguyen Thi That (bicycle), Trinh Van Vinh (weightlifting) and Nguyen Thi Huong (canoeing). Nguyen Thi That competes on August 4 (local time), followed by Trinh Van Vinh on August 7 and Nguyen Thi Huong is the last person to compete on August 8. If none of them succeed, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation will end its events 3 days early, when the 2024 Paris Olympics ends. Among the three remaining players in Vietnamese sports who are having their events at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the 61kg men's weightlifting event continues to be hoped to make a difference.
In previous Olympics, Vietnamese sports put all their effort into preparing for weightlifters to achieve the highest results. Vietnamese sports have only been successful twice, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (China) and the 2012 London Olympics (UK).
Athlete Trinh Van Vinh has joined the athlete village of the 2024 Paris Olympics, training under the direct supervision of two accompanying professional coaches. 12 athletes are registered to compete in this event.
In the immediate future, the Vietnam Weightlifting Team's coaching staff said that each athlete (including Trinh Van Vinh) hid their tactics and avoided each other during the current preparation period. Vietnamese weightlifting aims to achieve the highest achievement.
Professionals understand that if Vietnamese athletes win a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, it will be an unexpected result and will receive considerable attention.
If no one wins an Olympic medal this time, this is not a surprising result, there is no disappointment because the sports teams with players attending the 2024 Paris Olympics predict a chance to compete.
The 16 Olympic players represent 16 different psychological states, and are also the 16 hopes of the country's sports. We had 13 unsuccessful people. The remaining three people are the last hope and each of them is determined to surpass their own thresholds to achieve a mark.
This is the first time that Nguyen Thi That, Nguyen Thi Huong, and Trinh Van Vinh have participated in the Olympic arena in their careers.
