Badminton players Nguyen Thuy Linh, Le Duc Phat and archer Do Thi Anh Nguyet will play important matches at the Paris Olympics today, July 31.
The competition day on July 30 ended with both joy and sadness for the Vietnamese athletes, when Pham Thi Hue finished last in the quarter-finals of the women's single sculls rowing, losing her chance to compete for a medal. Early in the morning of July 31, Hanoi time, Le Duc Phat had a smooth start with a 21-10, 21-10 victory over German player Fabian Roth in the men's singles badminton group stage.
Duc Phatwill play the decisive match for a place in the knockout round against Indian opponent Prannoy around0:30 August 1stIn the opening match, 13th seed Prannoy defeated Roth 21-18, 21-12. The winner of the match between Duc Phat and Prannoy will advance, while the loser is eliminated.
Before that, at13:30 on July 31,Thuy Linhalso played the final match of the women's singles badminton group stage against the ninth seed Beiwen Zhang. Both players won their opening matches, so they played a "life-or-death" match to compete for a place in the knockout round. Thuy Linh has won many players in the world's top 10, so her chances of advancing are not small.
Another "hot girl" of Vietnamese sports,Moonlightwill shoot the first knockout round of the women's individual 1-string bow event, meeting Mobina Fallah (Iran) at0:42 August 1, competing for a place in the round of 16. The archers will play a maximum of 5 sets, with two points for a win and one point for a draw, so whoever gets 6 points first wins. In each set, they shoot three arrows, totaling the points.
Pham Thi Hue, although no longer have a chance to compete for a medal, still compete at15:14Today in the 13th place round. There are 12 rowers in the semi-finals of this event. "The spirit is that no matter what, I have to fight hard, for myself, my family, my hometown and my beloved Fatherland," Hue said.
On the overall leaderboard after July 30,Japan leads for third consecutive day, with 7 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 4 bronze medals. The athlete who helped the team maintain the top position was Takanori Nagase, with the gold medal in the men's 81kg judo category, when at one point during the day they were surpassed by China.
China and Australia have six gold medals, having won just one yesterday. France and South Korea did not win any gold medals, while the United States has the most medals (26), but is only sixth in the overall standings, with four golds, 11 silvers and 11 bronzes.
Yesterday, seven more teams won medals at the Paris Olympics, bringing the total to 43. No Southeast Asian team has won a medal yet, and the closest athlete from the region to a medal is shooter Trinh Thu Vinh in the women's 10m air pistol. She still has one more event, the 25m pistol, to compete on August 2.
VN (according to VnExpress)