2024 Olympics: Pham Thi Hue will compete in Group D Rowing

In fact, from the qualifying round to the play-off round for a ticket to the quarter-finals and on the race to the quarter-finals, Pham Thi Hue always showed progress in her achievements. If in the qualifying round, she finished with a time of 8 minutes 03 seconds 84, then in the play-off round for a ticket to the quarter-finals, this rower achieved a time of 8 minutes 00 seconds 97.

In the quarter-finals on July 30, Pham Thi Hue finished last but her time was significantly reduced to just under 8 minutes. Specifically, the rower born in 1990 achieved a time of 7 minutes 56 seconds 96, thereby moving down to the C/D bracket to compete in the semi-finals.

Pham Thi Hue started in lane 1, leg 2 of the semi-finals of group C/D with athletes from Peru, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Mexico and Türkiye. After the first 500m, she was in 4th place. After finishing 1,000m, she dropped to 5th/6, giving up 4th place to the rower from Azerbaijan. Her declining physical strength made the 34-year-old girl no longer have enough strength to chase her opponents and fell to the end after 1,500m. Closing the 2,000m race, Pham Thi Hue achieved a modest result of 8 minutes 22 seconds 85. This is Pham Thi Hue's worst result after 4 times competing at the 2024 Olympics. She also ranked last in the group of 12 rowers in the semi-finals of group C/D.

This result puts Pham Thi Hue in the final race in group D, determining the rankings from 19 to 24. After this round, Hue will also close the competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

This Quang Binh rower is the Vietnamese athlete who has participated in the most rounds at the 2024 Paris Olympics, spread over a week. She will enter the final round of Group D at 3:30 p.m. on August 2.